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Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Bangladesh’s stocks witnessed mixed trend in early trading on Sunday, the first trading day after budget declaration, as investors were active on both sides of trading fence.
Following the previous three days’ positive trend, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened lower while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early trading.
After 30 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse fell 13.34 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse advanced 19 points when the report was filing at 10:30am.
DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE:
DSEX, the benchmark index of the DSE, went down by 13.34 points or 0.24 percent to stand at 5,425 points, when the report was filed at 10:30am.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, fell 3.42 points or 0.16 percent to reach at 2019 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also lost 0.66 points or 0.05 percent to stand at 1,258 points till then.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stands at BDT 546 million when the report was filed at 10:30am.
MJL Bangladesh led the turnover chart with shares worth BDT 94 million changing hands till then, closely followed by LankaBangla Finance BDT 46 million, Agni Systems BDT 35 million, City Bank BDT 34 million and United Power BDT 28 million.
Of the issues traded till then, 68 advanced, 87 declined and 44 issues remained unchanged.
CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE:
However, the port city bourse CSE also saw positive trend in early trading with its Selective Category Index – CSCX – advancing 19 points to stand at 10,227 points, also at 10:30am.
Of the issues traded till then, 26 gained, 14 declined and 11 issues remained unchanged with a turnover value of BDT 16 million.
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