Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed negative trend in early hour of trading on Monday, the second session of the week, as risk-averse investors remained on profit booking mood.
Both bourses - the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw downward trend till filed the report at 10:45am.
The key index of the DSE fell 7.83 points, while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse lost 4.26 points within first 15 minutes of the day’s trading at 10:45am.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 7.83 points or 0.15 per cent to stand at 5,150.87 points, when the report was filed at 10:45am.
The two other indices also saw negative trend till then.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, fell 2.56 points or 0.14 percent to reach at 1,858.03 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) lost 0.83 points or 0.06 per cent to stand at 1,217.78 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stands at BDT 1.03 billion when the report was filed at 10:45 million, riding on Confidence Cement and Beximco.
Of the issues traded till then, 89 advanced, 107 declined and 46 issues remained unchanged.
Confidence Cement dominated the turnover chart with shares worth BDT 86 million changing hands till then, closely followed by Beximco BDT 74 million, Shasha Denims BDT 50 million, BD Thai Aluminum BDT 49 million and IFAD Autos BDT 39 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
The port city bourse CSE also saw downward trend till then with its Selective Category Index - CSCX –losing 4.26 points to stand at 9,576.19 points, also at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 34 gained, 35 declined and 14 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 30 million.
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