Stocks witnessed positive trend in early trading on Tuesday as investors are active on sector specific issues, after DSEX, and DSES hit all time high on Monday.
The key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced 14 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse advanced 34 points at 11:30am.
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 14.72 points or 0.23 per cent to stand at 6,333 points, when the report was filed at 11:30am.
The index crossed 6319 point-mark in the previous session, the highest ever mark since inception of the broad index.
The two other indices also saw positive trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips advanced 0.88 points or 0.03 per cent to reach at 2,287 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES), which also crossed the highest level since its inception in the previous session, gained 0.08 points or 0.01 per cent to stand at 1393 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 3.44 billion after the first hour trading when the report was filed at 11:30am.
Of the issues traded till then, 169 advanced, 88 declined and 50 remained unchanged.
LankaBangla Finance was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 383 million changing hands, followed by Dhaka Bank, AB Bank, Bangladesh Thai Aluminium.
The port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw positive trend till then with its Selective Category Index – CSCX –advancing 34 points to stand at 11,870 points, also at 11:30am.
Of the issues traded till then, 88 gained, 44 declined and 21 issues remained unchanged with Tk 125 million in turnover.