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 8.0 per cent on the day unchanged from the previous level. But most of the deals were made at rates between 7.25 per cent and 7.50 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.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s stocks saw sharp gain in early hours of trading on day, the first trading session of the week amid ongoing political crisis.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went up by 54.54 points or 1.21 percent to reach at 4,522.44 points after first 30 minutes of trade when the report was filed at 11am.
The two others indices also saw steep gain. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips gained 26.10 points or 1.54 percent to reach at 1,712.78 points. The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) advanced 18.89 points or 1.74 percent to stand at 1,100.38 points.
DSE turnover stands at BDT 488 million when the report was filed at 11am.
The port city bourse – the CSE also positive trend in early hours of trading with its Selective Category Index -- CSCX – gained 18.26 points to stand at 8,318.35 points, also at 11am.
Of the issues traded till then, 67 gained, 18 declined and 9 remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 39 million.
Daily Indicators
Latest Previous
Inter-bank US$-BDT rate 77.80 77.80
BC-selling US$-BDT rate 78.2020 78.2029
TT-clean US$-BDT rate 77.2020 77.2029
Kerb market US$ rate 78.60-79.20 78.60-79.10
Inter-bank call money rate 7.0% - 8.0% % 7.0% - 8.0%
DSE general index 4,527.50 4,468.02
DIBOR 7.6687% 7.5320%
Forex reserve (in billion) $22.62 $22.44
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BBN/SSR/AD-22Mar15-11:55 am (BST)