The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading Wednesday as investors are active on sector-wise stocks.
Following the previous two days’ correction, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened marginally higher amid rising trading activities.
Within first 30 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 12 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city bourse gained 20 points at 10:30am.
After first hour of trading, the DSEX advanced more than 18 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of the bourse rose 48 points at 11:00am when the report was filed.
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 18.18 points or 0.33 per cent to reach at 5,428 points at 11:00am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 4.88 points to reach at 2010 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 6.09 points to reach at 1,260 points till then.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 1.52 billion when the report was filed at 11:00am.
Of the issues traded till then, 182 advanced, 48 declined and 41 remained unchanged.
Alif Industries was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 209 million changing hands, closely followed by Golden Harvest Agro Industries Tk 195 million, Beximco Tk 104 million and Alif Manufacturing Company Tk 64 million.
The port city bourse–the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)—saw upward trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-advancing 48 points to stand at 16,751, also at 11:00am.
The Selective Category Index–CSCX–also gained 30 points to stand at 10,139 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 53 gained, 19 declined and 16 issues remained unchanged with Tk 39 million in turnover.
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