Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)–Bangladesh’s both foreign exchange and money markets remained almost stable at opening on Wednesday while the stocks showed positive trend in early trade.
The call rate ranged between 6.0 percent and 8.0 percent unchanged from the previous level, market operators said.
On the other hand, the banks quoted the dollar single rate at BDT 77.80 on the day unchanged from the previous level.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 29.17 points or 0.72 percent to reach at 4,043.54 points after first 30 minutes of trade when the report was filed at 11:00am.
The two other indices also saw positive trend.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips gained 11.86 points or 0.77 percent to reach at 1,534.03 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) advanced 9.06 points or
The port city bourse – the CSE – also saw upward trend in early hours of trading with its Selective Category Index – CSCX – gained 42.05 points to stand at 7,553 points, also at 11:00am.