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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Thursday as investors were active on sector-wise stocks.
Following the previous day’s upward movement, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed marginally higher amid low trading activities.
Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse gained more than 21 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse advanced 27 points at 10:45am when the report was filed.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 21.40 points or 0.40 percent to reach at 5,263 points at 10:45am.
Two other indices also saw positive trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 6.11 points to stand at 1,859 points. The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 2.56 points to reach at 1,210 points till then.
Turnover, the crucial indicator of the market, stood at BDT 721 million when the report was filed at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 133 advanced, 44 declined and 39 remained unchanged.
Monno Ceramic Industries was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 51 million changing hands, closely followed by Meghna Petroleum BDT 50 million, BBS Cables BDT 48 million, ML Dyeing BDT 43 million and Saiham Cotton Mills BDT 40 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE
The port city’s bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw positive trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-advancing 27 points to stand at 16,094, also at 10:45am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 17 points to stand at 9,752 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 27 gained, 10 declined and 07 issues remained unchanged with BDT 18 million in turnover.
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