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 Sunday as investors are active on sector-wise stocks.
Following the previous week’s marginal correction, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened higher with low trading activities.
After first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 29 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 29.18 points or 0.49 per cent to reach at 5,900 points at 10:45am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 7.42 points or 0.34 percent to reach at 2,176 points. The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 6.74 points or 0.49 percent to stand at 1,379 points till then.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 297 million when the report was filed at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 164 advanced, 30 declined and 23 remained unchanged.
Apex Foods was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 40 million changing hands, closely followed by Monno Ceramic BDT 25 million, Nahee Aluminum BDT 23 million, Fortune Shoes BDT 22 million and Fu-Wang Foods BDT 18 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE
The port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) saw positive trend with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-advancing 51 points to stand at 18,130, also at 10:45am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 31 points to stand at 10,943 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 38 gained, 7 declined and 4 issues remained unchanged with BDT 9.0 million in turnover.
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