The prices of most of the shares witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading Tuesday as investors are active on sector-wise stocks.
Following the previous day’s flat movement, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened higher, trading activities remains low.
Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 13 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 4.0 points at 10:45am.
After 30 minutes of trading, the DSEX rose more than 20 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse advanced 41 points at 11:00am when the report was filed.
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 20.80 points or 0.38 per cent to stand 5,390 points at 11:00am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, also rose 6.28 points to reach at 1,895 points till then. The DSE Shariah Index also gained 4.62 points to stand at 1,244 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 870 million on DSE when the report was filed at 11:00am.
Nurani Dyeing was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 117 million changing hands, closely followed by SK Trims Industries with Tk49 million, Intech Tk 39 million, Monno Ceramic Tk 35 million and Prime Textile Tk 33 million.
Of the issues traded till then, 175 advanced, 62 declined and 35 remained unchanged on the DSE trading floor.
The port city’s bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) saw upward trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-gaining 41 points to stand at 16,586, also at 11:00am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also advanced 24 points to stand at 10,044 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 33 gained, 17 declined and 15 issues remained unchanged with Tk 18 million in turnover.
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