Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-Bangladesh’s stocks saw upward trend in early hour of trading on Thursday, the last trading session of the week.
Both the Dhaka Stock Exchange, the prime bourse of Bangladesh, and Chittagong Stock Exchange, the port city bourse of the country, showed optimistic trend in the early morning to shed previous day’s plunge.
The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange added 16.38 points while the selective categories index of Chittagong Stock Exchange went down 2.79 points in first 15 minutes of trade on Thursday.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 16.38 points or 0.35 per cent to reach at 4,584.39, when the report was filed at 10:45am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, gained 6.81 points or 0.39 per cent to stand at 1,734.76.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) advanced 5.22 points or 0.47 per cent to reach at 1,103.71.
DSE turnover stands at BDT 162 million when the report was filed at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 97 advanced, 35 declined and 17 issues remained unchanged.
MI Cement was the most traded stocks till then with shares BDT 20 million changing hands followed by AFC Agro Biotech, IFAD Autos, KDS Accessories and Olympic Industries.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
The port city bourse- the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also opened negative trend with its Selective Category Index- CSCX- losing 2.79 points to stand at 8,488.58, also at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 25 gained, 22 declined and 12 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 32 million.
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