Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-Bangladesh’s stocks turned positive after witnessing early hour downward movement on Tuesday, the third trading session of the week.
Both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the prime bourse of Bangladesh, and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), the port city bourse of the country, opened with a negative note when the market opened at 10:30am.
But as the time passed, the DSE and CSE to uphold the trend after two hours of trading on the fourth trading session of the week, experts said.
The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange advanced 7.53 points while the port city bourse, selective catagory index of the Chittagong Stock Exchange earned 2.01 points around 12:00pm.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 7.53 points or 0.17 per cent to reach at 4,418.46 points, when the report was filed at 12:09pm.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 6.85 points or 0.39 per cent to stand at 1,744.1 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also shed 3.22 points or 0.37 per cent to reach at 1,092.29 points. 1087.79201 4.06295
DSE turnover stands at BDT 2.43 billion when the report was filed at 12:09pm.
Of the issues traded till then, 69 advanced, 164 declined and 44 issues remained unchanged.
ACME Laboratories Limited was the most traded stocks till then with shares BDT 105 million changing hands followed by Shahjibazar Power Co. Ltd, MJL BD, Beximco Pharma, Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd, and IBN Sina.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
The port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also saw positive trend with its Selective Category Index- CSCX – gains 2.01 points to stand at 8,262.85 points, also at 12:08pm.
Of the issues traded till then, 46 gained, 86 declined and 30 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 189 million.
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