Retailers trade at Dhaka Stock Exchange office. BBN file photo
Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)– Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Thursday as investors are active on sector-wise stocks amid ongoing earnings declarations.
Following the previous day’s marginal correction, 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 nearly 31 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 51 points at 10:45am when the report was filed.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 31 points or 0.58 percent to reach at 5,350 points at 10:45am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 6.60 points to reach at 1,902 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 5.65 points to reach at 1,269 points till then.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at BDT 1.29 billion when the report was filed at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 142 advanced, 63 declined and 23 remained unchanged.
Dragon Sweater was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 152 million changing hands, closely followed by The BD Thai Aliminium BDT 110 million, Saiham Textile BDT 70 million, Active Fine hemical BDT 62 million and Pacific Denims BDT 58 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE
The port city’s bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw positive trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-advancing 51 points to stand at 16,449, also at 10:45am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 31 points to stand at 9957 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 50 gained, 13 declined and 9 issues remained unchanged with BDT 40 million in turnover.
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