Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed mixed trend in early hour of trading on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 7.54 points or 0.15 percent to reach at 4,809.43, after first 30 minutes of trade, when the report was filed at 11:00am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, shed 4.63 points or 0.25 percent to stand at 1,844.73.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) dropped 1.16 points or 0.09 percent to stand at 1,187.13.
Turnover on the DSE stands at BDT 751 million when the report was filed.
Of the issues traded till then, 94 advanced, 76 declined and 58 issues remained unchanged.
Lafarge Surma Cement was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 91.17 million changing hands followed by C & A Textile, BBS and Square Pharma.
The port city bourse – the CSE – also saw mixed trend in early hour of trading with its Selective Category Index – CSCX – gained 1.96 points to stand at 8,993.03, also at 11:00am.
Of the issues traded till then, 49 gained, 37 declined and 15 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 40.10 million.
BBN/BB/ANS