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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed mixed trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday as cautious investors booked some profit on quick-gaining stocks.
After hitting all-time of the premier bourse’s key index in the previous day, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw negative trend while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early trading.
After first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse fell 5.22 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse advanced 4.06 points at 10:45am when the report was filed.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 5.22 points or 0.08 percent to reach at 5,826 points, when the report was filed at 10:45am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips also fell 0.03 point to reach at 2,127 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) lost 0.43 points or 0.03 percent to stand at 1,321 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 693 million when the report was filed at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 86 advanced, 88 declined and 45 remained unchanged.
IFAD Autos was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 136 million changing hands, followed Keya Cosmetics BDT 53 million, Tung Hai Knitting BDT 41 million, Fu-Wang Food BDT 35 million and Beximco BDT 23 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
However, the port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) saw positive trend till then with its Selective Category Index – CSCX – advancing 4.06 points to stand at 10,957 points, also at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 29 gained, 34 declined and 8 issues remained unchanged with BDT 28 million in turnover.
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