Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – The call money rates remained unchanged in early- hour trading on Monday while the US dollar was stable against the local currency in the inter-bank market.
The call rate ranged between 7.50 per cent and 8.0 per cent on the day against 7.0 per cent and 8.0 per cent of the previous working day. But most of the deals were made at rates between 7.50 per cent and 8.00 per cent on the day, market operators said.
On the other hand, the banks quoted the dollar rate at BDT 77.80 on the day unchanged from the previous level.
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw negative trend while the port city bourse saw mixed trend in early hour of trading on the day after previous session’s sharp gain.
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE went down by 8.15 points or 0.17 percent to reach at 4,525.05 points after first 30 minutes of trade when the report was filed at 11am.
The port city bourse – the CSE, however, saw mixed trend in early hours of trading with its Selective Category Index — CSCX – gained 7.17 points to stand at 8,383.47 points, also at 11am.
Of the issues traded till then, 41 gained, 32 declined and 13 remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 28 million.
Daily Indicators
Latest Previous
Inter-bank US$-BDT rate 77.80 77.80
BC-selling US$-BDT rate 78.1990 78.2020
TT-clean US$-BDT rate 77.1990 77.2020
Kerb market US$ rate 78.60-79.20 78.60-79.10
Inter-bank call money rate 7.5% – 8.0% % 7.0% – 8.0%
DSE general index 4,516.54 4,533.21
DIBOR 7.6501% 7.6687%
Forex reserve (in billion) $22.76 $22.62
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BBN/SSR/AD-23Mar15-12:25 pm (BST)
