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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed mixed trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday as investors remained followed cautious stance, market operators said.
Following the previous day’s fall, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw negative trend while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened marginally higher amid low trading activities.
Within first 30 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse fell more than 11 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 8.0 points at 10:30am when the report was filed.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 11.65 points or 0.21 percent to reach at 5,380 points at 10:30am.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also fell 3.0 points or 0.15 per cent to reach at 1,258 points till then.
However, the DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 3.93 points or 0.31 percent to reach at 1,993 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at BDT 542 million when the report was filed at 10:30am.
Of the issues traded till then, 73 advanced, 85 declined and 43 remained unchanged.
Intraco Refueling Station was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth BDT 90 million changing hands, closely followed by BRAC Bank BDT 57 million, Rupali Life Insurance BDT 36 million, Fine Foods BDT 32 million and Advent Pharma BDT 30 million.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE
However, the port city’s bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) saw positive trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-advancing 8.48 points to stand at 16,648 points, also at 10:30am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 6.0 points to stand at 10,070 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 20 gained, 22 declined and 4 issues remained unchanged with BDT 20 million in turnover.
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