Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)–Bangladesh’s stocks saw downward trend in early hour of trading on Sunday, the opening day of the week.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 35.23 points or 0.84 percent to reach at 4,156.97 points after first 30 minutes of trade when the report was filed at 11:00am.
The two other indices also saw downward trend.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips lost 13.10 points or 0.82 percent to reach at 1,579.64 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) shed 7.85 points or 0.76 percent to stand at 1,017.02 points.
DSE turnover stands at BDT 815 million when the report was filed at 11:00am.
Of the issues traded till then, 30 advanced, 151 declined 18 issues remain unchanged.
United Power was the most traded stocks with shares worth BDT 166 million changing hands till then followed by ACI, Shasha Denims, Western Marine and ACI Formulations.
The port city bourse-the CSE-also saw downward trend in early hours of trading with its Selective Category Index-CSCX-lost 42.77 points to stand at 7,772.22 points, also at 11:00am.
Of the issues traded till then, 19 gained, 57 declined and 5 remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 77.24 million.