Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Thursday amid volatility, as investors were active both side of trading fence.
Both bourses - the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend till the report was filing at 10:45am.
Within first 5 minutes of trading, the key index of the DSE plunged 37 points to come down at 5,496 at 10:35am.
The Key index of DSE advanced 7.28 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse also up 13.07 points within first 15 minutes of the day’s trading at 10:45am.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 7.28 points or 0.13 per cent to stand at 5,540.77 points, when the report was filed at 10:45am.
The two other indices also saw positive trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 5.14 points or 0.25 per cent to reach at 1,986.03 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) rose 2.69 points or 0.21 per cent to stand at 1,279.11 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stands at BDT 1.82 billion when the report was filed at 10:45 million, riding on Saif Beximco and RAK Ceramics.
Of the issues traded till then, 144 advanced, 79 declined and 42 issues remained unchanged.
Beixmco dominated the turnover chart with shares worth BDT 145 million changing hands till then, closely followed by RAK Ceramics BDT 105 million, National Polymer BDT 89 million, Bangladesh Business news BDT 82 million and Baraka Power BDT 79 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
The port city bourse CSE also saw positive trend till then with its Selective Category Index - CSCX –gaining 13.07 points to stand at 10,301.17 points, also at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 56 gained, 48 declined and 14 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 78 million.
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