Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday, the fourth trading session of the week.
Both bourses - the premier bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the while the port city bourse Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend till the report was filing at 10:45am.
The key index of the DSE advanced 9.86 points, while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse gained 10.23 points within 15 minutes of the day’s trading at 10:45am.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 9.86 points or 0.21 percent to stand at 4,648.99 points, when the report was filed at 10:45am.
The two other indices saw positive trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 2.59 points or 0.15 percent to reach at 1,772.94 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 2.82 points or 0.23 percent to stand at 1,118.93 points.
DSE turnover stands at BDT 618 million when the report was filed at 10:45am, riding on ACME Laboratories and National Tubes.
Of the issues traded till then, 129 advanced, 38 declined and 53 issues remained unchanged.
ACME Laboratories dominated the turnover chart with shares worth BDT 97 million changing hands till then, closely followed by National Tubes, Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company, Singer Bangladesh and Shahjibazar Power Company.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
The port city bourse CSE also saw positive trend till then with its Selective Category Index- CSCX–advancing 10.23 points to stand at 8,698.45 points, also at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 42 gained, 11 declined and 10 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 34 million.
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