Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed downward trend in early hour of trading on Monday as cautious investors selling their holdings amid ongoing earnings and dividend declaration session.
Following the previous day’s flat session, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened lower amid low trading activities.
After first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse fell nearly 14 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse lost 16 points at 10:45am when the report was filed.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 13.81 points or 0.22 percent to reach at 6,027 points, when the report was filed at 10:45am.
The two other indices also saw negative trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips also fell 4.60 points or 0.21 percent to reach at 2,185 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) lost 0.95 points or 0.07 percent to stand at 1,331 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 312 million when the report was filed at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 83 advanced, 89 declined and 38 remained unchanged.
Aamra Networks was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 38 million changing hands, closely followed by BBS Cables BDT 34 million, International Leasing BDT 22 million, Rangpur Foundry BDT 21 million and Ratanpur Steels BDT 13 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE
The port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw negative trend till then with its Selective Category Index – CSCX –losing 16 points to stand at 11,305 points, also at 10:45am.
Of the issues traded till then, 22 gained, 19 declined and three issues remained unchanged with BDT 12 million in turnover.
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