The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading Sunday as some investors remained active on sector-wise issues.
Following the previous week’s downturn, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened on positive note with low trading activities.
Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 26 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 50 points at 10:45am.
After 30 minutes of trading, the DSEX went up by more than 18 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) advanced 48 points at 11:00am when the report was filed.
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 18.36 points or 0.32 per cent to reach at 5,739 points at 11:00am.
The two other indices also saw positive trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, advanced 5.53 points or 0.26 per cent to reach at 2,121 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 3.60 points or 0.26 per cent to reach at 1,352 points till then.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 374 million when the report was filed at 11:00am.
Of the issues traded till then, 127 advanced, 50 declined and 48 remained unchanged.
Fu-Wang Food was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 30 million changing hands, followed by Fine Foods Tk 22 million, Keya Cosmetics Tk 20 million, Monno Ceramic Tk 19 million and Salvo Chemicals Tk 18 million.
The port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw positive trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-advancing 48 points to stand at 17,703, also at 11:00am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 30 points to stand at 10,691 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 53 gained, 18 declined and 8 issues remained unchanged with Tk 19 million in turnover.
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