The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Sunday as investors are active on sector-wise stocks.
Following the previous week’s marginal correction, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened higher with low trading activities.
Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 29 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 51 points at 10:45 am.
After 30 minutes of trading, the DSEX gained more than 31 points and exceeding the 5,900-mark while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse advanced 62 points at 11:00 am when the report was filed.
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 31.05 points or 0.52 per cent to reach at 5,902 points at 11:00 am.
The two other indices also saw positive trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips advanced 7.32 points or 0.34 per cent to reach at 2,176 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 6.28 points or 0.46 per cent to stand at 1,378 points till then.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 587 million when the report was filed at 11:00 am.
Of the issues traded till then, 184 advanced, 35 declined and 24 remained unchanged.
Apex Foods was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 45 million changing hands, closely followed by Monno Ceramic Tk 30 million, Nahee Aluminum Tk 26 million, Fortune Shoes Tk 25 million and Alif Industries Tk 22 million.
The port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw positive trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI- gaining 62 points to stand at 18,141, also at 11:00 am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 38 points to stand at 10,949 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 53 gained, 7 declined and 5 issues remained unchanged with Tk 14 million in turnover.
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