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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)– Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Monday as optimistic investors are taking position on sector-wise stocks.
Following the previous four days’ upward movement, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened higher amid low trading activities.
Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 22 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 21 points at 10:45am when the report was filed.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 22.76 points or 0.41 percent to reach at 5,544 points at 10:45am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 6.52 points to reach at 2016 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 6.32 points to reach at 1,285 points till then.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at BDT 488 million when the report was filed at 10:30am.
Of the issues traded till then, 153 advanced, 38 declined and 43 remained unchanged.
Monno Ceramic was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 38 million changing hands, closely followed by Beximco with BDT 37 million, RSRM Steels BDT 35 million, Grameephone BDT 27 million and LankaBangla Finance BDT 23 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE
The port city’s bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw positive trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-advancing 21 points to stand at 17,004, also at 10:30am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 11 points to stand at 10,283 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 25 gained, 6 declined and 8 issues remained unchanged with BDT 17 million in turnover.
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