Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed mixed trend in early hour of trading on Monday as investors are active both sides of trading fence ahead of Eid festival.
Following the previous three days’ correction, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened positive while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative trend at opening amid low participation of investors.
Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced nearly 9.0 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse lost 3.78 points at 10:15am when the report was filed.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 8.72 points or 0.15 percent to stand at 5,828 points, at 10:15am.
The two other indices also saw positive trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips advanced 3.75 points or 0.17 per cent to reach at 2,103 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) advanced 1.99 points or 0.15 percent to stand at 1,303 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 729 million when the report was filed at 10:15am.
Of the issues traded till then, 123 advanced, 37 declined and 23 remained unchanged.
Keya Cosmetics emerged as turnover leader with shares worth BDT 112 million changing hands, followed by BBS Cables BDT 84 million, Ratanpur Steels BDT 58 million, Familytex BDT 31 million and LankaBangla Finance BDT 24 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE
However, the port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) saw downward trend till then trend with its Selective Category Index – CSCX –losing 3.78 points to stand at 10,923 points, also at 10:15am.
Of the issues traded till then, 26 gained, 27 declined and 10 issues remained unchanged with BDT 26 million in turnover.
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