Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed mixed trend in early hour of trading on Sunday, the opening session of the week.
The key index of the DSE advanced 6.03 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse fell 1.64 points within first 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 6.03 points or 0.12 percent to stand at 4,829.06 points when the report was filed at 10:45am.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) advanced 1.22 points or 0.10 percent to stand at 1,150.72 points.
However, the DS30 index, comprising blue chips, fell 1.21 points or 0.06 percent to reach at 1,786.49 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stands at BDT 777 million when the report was filed at 10:45 million, riding on Bangladesh Building Systems and Lafarge Surma Cement.
Of the issues traded till then, 119 advanced, 47 declined and 39 issues remained unchanged.
Bangladesh Building Systems dominated the turnover chart with shares worth BDT 103 million changing hands till then, closely followed by Lafarge Surma Cement BDT 58 million, Shasha Denims BDT 52 million, BDCOM BDT BDT 43 million and Ratanpur Steel Re-rolling Mills BDT 36 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
However, the port city bourse CSE saw negative trend till then with its Selective Category Index - CSCX - falling 1.64 points to stand at 9,021.62 points, also at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 47 gained, 25 declined and 11 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 23 million.
BBN/SS/ANS