Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed mixed trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week just ahead of fiscal year 2016 closing.
Meanwhile, trading on both bourses will remain closed from July 1 to July 9 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims.
The premier bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw negative trend, while the port city bourse Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend when filed the report at 10:45am.
The key index of the DSE declined 4.18 points, while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse gained 7.79 points within 15 minutes of the day’s trading at 10:45am.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 4.18 points or 0.09 percent to stand at 4,447.18 points, when the report was filed at 10:45am.
However, the DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 2.04 points or 0.11 percent to reach at 1,742.19 points. The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 1.08 points or 0.10 percent to reach at 1,096.61 points.
DSE turnover stands at BDT 156 million when the report was filed at 10:45am, riding on Doreen Power Generations and Systems.
Of the issues traded till then, 68 advanced, 66 declined and 50 issues remained unchanged.
Doreen Power Generations and Systems dominated the turnover chart with shares worth BDT 14 million changing hands till then, followed by Dragon Sweater, Square Pharma, ACME Laboratories and United Airways.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
However, the port city bourse CSE saw positive trend till then with its Selective Category Index- CSCX–advancing 7.79 points to stand at 8,314.42 points, also at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 26 gained, 22 declined 15 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 10 million.
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