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DSE, CSE shine in early trading

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The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday as some investors are showing their buying spree.

Following the previous two days’ 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 18 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse rose 18 points at 10:45am.

After 30 minutes of trading, the DSEX rose more than 22 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of the port city bourse gained 12 points at 11:00am when the report was filed.

DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 22.43 points or 0.39 per cent to stand 5,756 points at 11:00am.

The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, also gained 1.40 points to reach at 2,004 points till then. The DSE Shariah Index advanced 3.52 points to stand at 1,315 points.

Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 1.30 billion on DSE when the report was filed.

Fortune Shoes was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 106 million changing hands, followed by Monno Ceramic, Genex Infosys, Bangladesh Submarine Cable and Nurani Dyeing.

Of the issues traded till then, 208 advanced, 54 declined and 32 remained unchanged on the DSE trading floor.

The port city’s bourse–the Chittagong Stock Exchange–(CSE) also saw upward trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-gaining 12 points to stand at 17,586 points, also at 11:00am.

The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 9.0 points to stand at 10,643 points till then.

Of the issues traded till then, 50 gained, 24 declined and 07 issues remained unchanged with Tk 43 million in turnover.

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