The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed positive trend in early trading on Thursday as some investors are showing their buying appetite on sector-wise shares.
Following the previous day’s downward trend, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive, but trading activities remains low.
Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced 9.0 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 14 points at 10:45am.
After 30 minutes of trading, the DSEX gained more than 10 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse advanced 8.48 points at 11:00am when the report was filed.
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 10.04 points or 0.18 per cent to reach at 5,512 points at 11:00am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, also gained 1.82 points to reach at 1970 points till then. The DSE Shariah Index saw a fractional gain of 0.12 point to stand at 1,281 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 532 million on DSE when the report was filed at 11:00am.
Monno Ceramic Industries was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 62 million changing hands, closely followed by Singer Bangladesh, JMI Syringes, BATBC and Eastern Lubricants.
Of the issues traded till then, 148 advanced, 68 declined and 50 remained unchanged on the DSE trading floor.
The port city’s bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange –also saw upward trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-advancing 8.48 points to stand at 16,867 points, also at 11:00am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also advanced 6.0 points to stand at 10,218 till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 26 gained, 13 declined and 05 issues remained unchanged with Tk 7.0 million in turnover.
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