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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh’s stocks saw positive trend in early hour of trading on Monday amid slow movement as investors remained followed cautious stance ahead of year-closing.
Following the previous day’s marginal correction, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened positive trend with low trading activities.
After first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced 7.88 points while the CSE All Shares Price Index of port city bourse gained 3.45 points at 10:45am when the report was filed.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 7.88 points or 0.12 per cent to reach at 6,221 points, when the report was filed at 10:45am.
The two other indices also saw positive trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips also advanced 3.39 points or 0.15 percent to reach at 2,243 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) gained 0.18 points or 0.01 percent to stand at 1,373 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 302 million when the report was filed at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 103 advanced, 47 declined and 44 remained unchanged.
Alif Manufacturing Company was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 71 million changing hands, followed by Confidence Cement BDT 22 million, Square Pharmaceuticals BDT 19 million, Aamra Networks BDT 17 million and Shahjibazar Power BDT 15 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE
The port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw positive trend till then with its All Shares Price Index, CAPSI – advancing 3.45 points to stand at 19,245, also at 10:45am.
The Selective Categories Index of the port city bourse also gained 1.52 points to reach at 11,625 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 18 gained, 7 declined and 9 issues remained unchanged with BDT 7.0 million in turnover.
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