Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed negative trend in early hour of trading on Thursday as cautious investors on selling mood.
After witnessing correction in the past three consecutive sessions, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed downward trend amid slow trading activities.
After first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse fell 6.99 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse lost 5.0 points at 10:45am when the report was filed although first 10 minutes was in positive territory.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 6.99 points or 0.12 percent to reach at 5,768 points, when the report was filed at 10:45am.
The two other induces also saw negative trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips fell 1.92 points or 0.09 per cent to 2,119 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) lost 0.21 points or 0.01 percent to stand at 1,315 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 668 million when the report was filed at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 70 advanced, 134 declined and 49 remained unchanged.
IFAD Autos was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 48 million changing hands, followed by Fu-Wang Food BDT 35 million, Brac Bank BDT 33 million, IFIC Bank BDT 30 million and AB Bank Fist Mutual Fund BDT 22 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE
The port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw downward till then trend with its Selective Category Index – CSCX – losing 5.40 points to stand at 10,833 points, also at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 18 gained, 22 declined and 12 issues remained unchanged with BDT 12 million in turnover.
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