Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - The call money rates remained unchanged in early- hour trading on Sunday while the US dollar was stable against the local currency in the inter-bank market.
The call rate ranged between 7.0 per cent and 9.25 per cent on the day unchanged from the previous level. But most of the deals were made at rates between 8.0 per cent and 9.0 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.
The country’s stocks see a negative trend in the early hours of trading on Sunday, the first trading session of the current week.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), dropped by 56.13 points or 1.17 percent to stood at 4741.82 points at 12: 13 pm on the day. DSE turnover stands at BDT 863.65 million.
The port city bourse – the CSE – also saw negative trend in early hours of trading with its Selective Category Index – CSCX –lost 97.41 points to stand at 8,827.43 points, also at 12:12pm.
Daily Indicators
Latest Previous
Inter-bank US$-BDT rate 77.80 77.80
BC-selling US$-BDT rate 78.5054 78.5244
TT-clean US$-BDT rate 77.5054 77.5244
Kerb market US$ rate 78.30-78.70 78.40-78.80
Inter-bank call money rate 7.0% - 9.25% 7.0% - 9.25%
Call turnover (in billion) N/A 62.07
DSE general index 4,797.95 4,783.21
DIBOR 7.8657% 7.9723%
ALS (in billion) BDT 28.62 BDT 32.33
Reverse REPO (in billion BDT) BDT1.85 BDT 1.49
Forex reserve (in billion) $21.91 $21.87
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BBN/SSR/AD-25Jan15-12:20 pm (BST)