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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed choppy trades in early hour of trading on Monday as most of the investors followed cautious stance amid bearish market trend.

Following the previous 13 days’ 423 points correction, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw positive while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened lower, but trading activities remains low.

Within first 30 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 2.91 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse fell 10 points at 10:30am when the report was filed.

DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:

DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 2.91 points or 0.05 percent to reach at 5,393 points at 10:30am.

The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 4.95 points or 0.25 percent to reach at 2,004 points.

The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 1.17 points or 0.09 per cent to reach at 1,266 points till then.

Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at BDT 630 million when the report was filed at 10:30am.

Of the issues traded till then, 134 advanced, 42 declined and 33 remained unchanged.

Intraco Refuelling Station was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 144 million changing hands, closely followed by , Beximco BDT 37 million, Evince Textile BDT 32 million and Advent Pharma BDT 28 million.

CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:

However, the port city’s bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw negative trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index – CASPI – losing 10 points to stand at 16,624 points, also at 10:30am.

The Selective Category Index – CSCX – also fell 5.0 points to stand at 10,054 points till then.

Of the issues traded till then, 34 gained, 19 declined and 8 issues remained unchanged with BDT 32 million in turnover.

BBN/SS/ANS