Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed downward trend in early hour of trading on Thursday, the last session of the week, as risk-averse investors were on selling mood.
Both bourses – the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative trend in early trading amid slow movement.
After 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse fell 10.82 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse lost 8.85 points when the report was filing at 10:45am.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
After two days positive ending, DSEX, the benchmark index of the DSE, went down by 10.82 points or 0.19 per cent to stand at 5615.02 points, when the report was filed at 10:45am.
The two other indices also saw downward note till then.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, lost 3.08 points or 0.15 per cent to reach at 2030.37 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also fell 3.80 points or 0.28 per cent to stand at 1,309.35 points till then.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stands at BDT 830 billion when the report was filed at 10:45 million riding on Beximco, LankaBangla Finance.
Beximco dominated the turnover chart with shares worth BDT 79 million changing hands till then, followed by LankaBangla Finance BDT 77 million, Baraka Power BDT 69 million, Ratanpur Steel BDT 68 million and RN Spinning 39 million.
Of the issues traded till then, 72 advanced, 70 declined and 39 issues remained unchanged.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
The port city bourse CSE also saw negative trend till then with its Selective Category Index - CSCX – falling 8.85 points to stand at 10557.58 points, also at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 42 gained, 36 declined and 11 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 29 million.
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