The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early trading on Thursday as some investors are showing their buying appetite.
Following the previous day’s positive trend, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend, but trading activities remain low.
Within first 30 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 30 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 45 points at 11:00am.
After first hour of trading, the DSEX advanced more than 33 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse rose 56 points at 11:30am when the report was filed.
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 33.35 points or 0.64 per cent to reach at 5,236 points at 11:30am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 15.46 points to reach at 1,862 points till then. The DSE Shariah Index also gained 7.33 points to stand at 1,212 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 692 million on DSE when the report was filed at 11:30am.
Monno Ceramic was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 68 million changing hands, closely followed by Fortune Shoes, United Power, Legacy Footwear and National Polymer.
Of the issues traded till then, 201 advanced, 48 declined and 25 remained unchanged on the DSE trading floor.
The port city’s bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw positive trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-advancing 56 points to stand at 15,969 points, also at 11:30am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 54 points to stand at 9,684 till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 68 gained, 18 declined and 11 issues remained unchanged with Tk 30 million in turnover.