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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed mixed trend at midday on Sunday amid volatile trading as the investors were active both sides of trading fence.
Following the previous week’s marginal gain, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced 3.06 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse gained 12.91 points at 10:45am.
However, after 30 minutes of trading, the prime index of the major bourse stands at 5,732, losing 3.91 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse advanced 7.44 points at 11:00am.
At 12:00 noon, the DSEX went up by 0.72 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse lost 6.23 points when the report was filing.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
After one and a half hours of trading, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) stands at 5,737, gaining 0.72 points or 0.01 per cent when the report was filing at 12:00 noon.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips also saw 1.21 points or 0.05 per cent gain to reach at 2,135.41 points.
However, the DSE Shariah Index (DSES) fell 3.04 points or 0.23 per cent to reach at 1,309.66 points.
Turnover, the crucial indicator of the market, stands at BDT 2.88 billion when the report was filed at 12:00 noon riding on Saif Powertec and ONE Bank.
Saif Powertec dominated the turnover chart with shares worth BDT 195 million changing hands till then, closely followed by ONE Bank BDT 152 million, Beximco BDT 132 million, CITY Bank BDT 118 million and Brac Bank BDT 110 million.
Of the issues traded till then, 124 advanced, 133 declined and 43 issues remained unchanged on the DSE trading floor.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
However, the port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) remained in negative trend with its Selective Category Index – CSCX – losing 6.23 points to stand at 10,781 points, also at 12:00 noon.
Of the issues traded till then, 60 gained, 78 declined and 23 issues remained unchanged with BDT 134 million in turnover.
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