Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh’s stocks see a positive trend in the opening on Tuesday, the third session of the week despite of countrywide blocked, market operators said.
Both the markets – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) - continued trading without any major fluctuation with a majority number of listed securities doing business in green territory, when the report was filed at 11am (local time).
The DSE’s benchmark index rose 0.45 per cent or 22.64 points to 4979.56. The other two indices-- DSE Shahriah Index and DSE30 index — also went up by 0.63 per cent or 7.47 points and 0.69 per cent or 12.79 points respectively.
Of the 255 issues traded till then, 127 advanced, 57 declined and 41 remained unchanged. Western Marine Shipyard topped the chart of turnover leaders with a value of BDT 48.49 million followed by Saif Powertec, Barkatullah Electro Dynamics, Fuwang Food, Agni Systems, IDLC, Khulna Printing and Packaging and ALLTEX.
On the other hand, the port city bourse — CSE — witnessed positive trend. CSE’s benchmark index went up by 62.52 points to 15278.80, also at 11am. Of the 104 issues traded till then, 61 gained, 27 declined and 16 remained unchanged.
BBN/SSR/AD-13Jan15-12:29 pm (BST)