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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)– Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday as optimistic investors are active on sector-wise issues amid lucrative prices.

Following the previous five days’ marginal gain, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend amid low trading activities.

Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 14 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse rose 10 points at 10:45am when the report was filed.

DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 14.10 points or 0.26 percent to reach at 5,314 points at 10:45am.

The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, also gained 1.79 points to stand at 1,856 points. The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) advanced 2.39 points to reach at 1,220 points till then.

Turnover, the crucial indicator of the market, stood at BDT 228 million when the report was filed at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 136 advanced, 34 declined and 46 remained unchanged.

The low-cap companies continued to dominate the turnover chart with JMI Syringes was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 20 million changing hands, closely followed by BDCOM Online, Khulna Power, Fine Foods and Daffodil Computers.

CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE
The port city’s bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) saw positive trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-advancing 10 points to stand at 16,232, also at 10:45am.

The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 7.0 points to stand at 9,818 points till then.

Of the issues traded till then, 13 gained, 06 declined and 06 issues remained unchanged with BDT 2.36 million in turnover.

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