DSE, CSE see upward trend at opening


FE Online Desk | Published: March 14, 2018 11:40:36 | Updated: March 17, 2018 11:36:51


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The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend Wednesday as investors remained in cautious stance amid liquidity crisis.

After witnessing previous day’s marginal fall, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened positive trend with low trading activities.

DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 14.02 points or 0.24 per cent to reach at 5637, when the report was filed at 11:15am.

The two other indices also saw positive trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips also advanced 5.95 points or 0.28 per cent to reach at 2091.

The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) gained 2.02 points or 0.15 per cent to stand at 1,315 points.

Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 514 million when the report was filed at 11:15am.

Of the issues traded till then, 153 nudged higher, 62 declined and 66 remained unchanged.

Monno Ceramics was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 43 million changing hands, closely followed by Mercantile Bank Tk 36 million, Apex Foods Tk 17 million, Grameenphone Tk 16, and Ifad Autos Limited Tk 15 million.

The port city bourse also saw positive trend till then with its All Shares Price Index, CASPI – advancing 28.87 points to stand at 17,414, also at 11:15am.

The CSCX, Selective Categories Index of the CSE, also gained 19.21 points to reach at 10,517 points till then.

Of the issues traded till then, 53 gained, 32 declined and 24 issues remained unchanged with Tk 30 million in turnover.

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