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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Sunday as some investors are showing buying appetite on sector-wise stocks.
Following the previous week’s upward movement, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened higher amid rising trading activities.
Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 10 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse rose 55 points at 10:45am when the report was filed.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 10.50 points or 0.19 percent to reach at 5,428 points at 10:45am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, also advanced 4.12 points to reach at 1,902 points. The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) gained 4.70 points to reach at 1,255 points till then.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at only BDT 898 million when the report was filed at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 120 advanced, 55 declined and 28 remained unchanged.
Khulna Power was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 293 million changing hands, closely followed by Singer BD BDT 88 million, United Power BDT 70 million, Active Fine Chemicals BDT 35 million and Nurani Dyeing BDT 34 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE
The port city’s bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw upward trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-advancing 55 points to stand at 16,715, also at 10:45am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 34 points to stand at 10,124 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 19 gained, 11 declined and 04 issues remained unchanged with BDT 12 million in turnover.
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