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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday as optimistic investors are active on sector-wise stocks ahead of monetary policy announcement.
Following the previous three days’ upturn, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened on positive note, but trading activities remains low.
After first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 10 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CAPSI) of port city’s bourse gained 13 points at 10:45am when the report was filed.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 10.54 points or 0.17 percent to reach at 6,205 points at 10:45am.
The two other indices also saw positive trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips also gained 9.50 points or 0.41 percent to reach at 2,295 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) advanced 3.18 points or 0.22 percent to stand at 1,431 points till then.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 352 million when the report was filed at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 97 advanced, 46 declined and 43 remained unchanged.
Beximco Pharmaceuticals was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 46 million changing hands, closely followed by IFAD Autos BDT 35 million, Grameenphone BDT 26 million, Square Pharmaceuticals BDT 23 million and Monno Ceramic BDT 19 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE
The port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw positive trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CAPSI- advancing 13 points to stand at 19,131, also at 10:45am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 8.0 points to stand at 11,551 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 26 gained, 8 declined and 10 issues remained unchanged with BDT 7.40 million in turnover.
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