Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed negative trend in early hour of trading on Thursday, the last trading session of the week.
Both bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative in early trading.
After 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse fell 9.12 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse down 12.29 points when the report was filing at 10:45am.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
DSEX, the benchmark index of the DSE, went down by 9.12 points or 0.17 per cent to stand at 5464.77 points, when the report was filed at 10:45am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, also fell 3.99 points or 0.20 per cent to reach at 1989.65 points.
However, the DSE Shariah Index (DSES) advanced 0.13 points or 0.01 per cent to stand at 1,272.91 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stands at BDT 602 million when the report was filed at 10:45 million, riding on IFAD Autos and Islami Bank.
Of the issues traded till then, 90 advanced, 84 declined and 40 issues remained unchanged.
IFAD Autos dominated the turnover chart with shares worth BDT 78 million changing hands till then, followed by Beximco BDT 36 million, LankaBangla Finance BDT 24 million, Appollo Ispat Complex BDT 24 million and Beximco BDT 22 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
The port city bourse CSE also saw negative trend in early trading with its Selective Category Index - CSCX – falling 12.29 points to stand at 10264.07 points, also at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 58 gained, 19 declined and 31 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 17 million.
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