Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday as some optimistic investors were active on sector specific stocks.
Both bourses - the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened positive trend in early trading, maintaining the previous day’s upturn.
After 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced 20.69 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse rose 18.13 points when the report was filing at 10:45am.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
DSEX, the benchmark index of the DSE, went up by 20.69 points or 0.37 per cent to stand at 5609.52 points, when the report was filed at 10:45am.
The two other indices also saw positive trend.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 8.32 points or 0.41 per cent to reach at 2,025.53 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) gained 3.47 points or 0.26 per cent to stand at 1,305.72 points till then.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stands at BDT 753 billion when the report was filed at 10:45 million.
LankaBangla Finance dominated the turnover chart with shares worth BDT 85 million changing hands till then, followed by Central Pharmaceuticals BDT 49 million, First Security Islami Bank BDT 44 million, Bangladesh Thai Aluminum BDT 36 million and Peninsula Chittagong BDT 35 million.
Of the issues traded till then, 135 advanced, 31 declined and 32 issues remained unchanged.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
The port city bourse CSE also saw upward trend till then with its Selective Category Index - CSCX – advancing 18.13 points to stand at 10513 points, also at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 39 gained, 10 declined and 14 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 28 million.
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