The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed a positive trend in early trading on Sunday as some investors were showing their buying appetite on sector-wise shares.
Following the previous week’s downward trend, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened positive today, but trading activities remained low.
Within first 15 minutes of trading, DSEX, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced 15 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 23 points at 10:45am.
After 30 minutes of trading, the DSEX gained more than 8.0 points while the CASPI of Chattogram bourse advanced 20 points at 11:00am when the report was filed.
The DSEX went up by 8.04 points or 0.14 per cent to reach at 5,513 points at that time.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, also gained 4.22 points to reach at 1973 points till then while the DSE Shariah Index advanced 1.20 points to stand at 1,280 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 535 million on DSE when the report was filed.
United Power was the most traded stocks till the filing of this report with shares worth Tk 54 million changing hands, closely followed by BATBC, Bangladesh Submarine Cable, Monno Ceramic, and Agrani Insurance.
Of the issues traded till then, 130 advanced, 89 declined, and 57 remained unchanged on the DSE trading floor.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also saw a positive trend till then the CASPI advancing 20 points to stand at 16,902 points, also at 11:00am.
The Selective Category Index (CSCX) also advanced 13 points to stand at 10,239 till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 23 gained, 16 declined, and 17 issues remained unchanged with Tk 7.0 million in turnover.
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