The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed upward trend in early trading on Monday as investors are showing their buying appetite on sector-wise shares.
Following the previous three days’ downward trend, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened higher, but trading activities remains low.
Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced 14 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 10 points at 10:45am.
After 30 minutes of trading, the DSEX gained more than 22 points while the CSE All Share Price Index rose 18 points at 11:00am when the report was filed.
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 22.97 points or 0.41 per cent to reach at 5,535 points at 11:00am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, also gained 8.28 points to reach at 1980 points till then. The DSE Shariah Index rose 1.86 points to stand at 1,283 points.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 771 million on DSE when the report was filed at 11:00am.
Singer Bangladesh was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 311 million changing hands, closely followed by BATBC, United Power, Monno Ceramic and JMI Syringes.
Of the issues traded till then, 191 advanced, 42 declined and 31 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 18 points to stand at 16,906 points, also at 11:00am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also advanced 10 points to stand at 10,245 till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 31 gained, 17 declined and 10 issues remained unchanged with Tk 17 million in turnover.
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