Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-Bangladesh’s stocks saw downward trend in early hours of trading on Monday amid continued political unrest in the country.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 10.88 points or 0.22 percent to reach at 4,728.76 points after first 30 minutes of trade when the report was filed at 11:00am.
The two others indices also saw negative trend.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips lost 3.28 points or 0.18 percent to reach at 1,755.50 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) shed 3.56 points or 0.31 percent to stand at 1,119.10 points.
DSE turnover stands at BDT 504 million when the report was filed.
Of the issues traded till then, 56 advanced, 125 declined and 41 issues remain unchanged.
Summit Alliance Port was the most traded stocks with shares worth BDT 37 million changing hands till then followed by SPCL, Lafarge Surma Cement, BSCCL and IFAD Autos.
The port city bourse – the CSE – also saw negative trend in early hours of trading with its Selective Category Index – CSCX – lost 4.24 points to stand at 8,846.15 points, also at 11:00am.
Of the issues traded till then, 18 gained, 38 declined and 9 remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 26 million.
BBN/BB/AD-02Mar15-11:20am (BST)