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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed mixed trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday as investors are mostly followed cautious stance.
Following the previous day’s marginal gain, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened mixed with slow trend.
After first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 1.90 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse lost 1.66 points at 10:45am when the report was filed.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 1.90 points to reach at 5,800 points at 10:45am.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 1.89 points or 0.14 percent to stand at 1,358 points till then.
However, the DS30 index, comprising blue chips, fell 8.16 points or 1.97 percent or 0.09 per cent to reach at 2,139 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at only Tk 231 million when the report was filed at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 96 advanced, 47 declined and 37 remained unchanged.
BBS Cables was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 18 million changing hands, closely followed by BATBC BDT 14 million, Pharma Aids BDT 11 million, Sinobangla Industries BDT 10 million, and Keya Cosmetics BDT 8.0 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE
The port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) saw downward trend with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-losing 1.66 points to stand at 17,941, also at 10:45am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also lost 0.30 points to stand at 10,828 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 9 gained, 13 declined and 3 issues remained unchanged with BDT 6.0 million in turnover.
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