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Trading and official activities on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) will resume tomorrow (Sunday) after a 10-day Eid holiday.
The market remained closed from June 5 to June 14, including weekly holidays on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims.
Trading on the bourses will begin at 10:00am as usual and continue until 2:30pm, including a 10 minutes post-closing session.
Meanwhile, the final trading session before the long Eid holidays ended higher on June 4, recovering from the previous day’s brief pessimism following the fiscal budget announcement, although investor participation remained sluggish as most investors remained on the sidelines.
The benchmark index of the DSE went up by more than 44 points or 0.95 per cent to settle at 4,709 as investors showed buying interest in selective stocks with short-term growth potential after the unavailability of a national budget.
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed adviser unveiled the national budget for FY 2025-26 on June 2, which offers several market-supportive measures, including widening the tax rate gap between listed and non-listed firms.
Finance adviser proposed the tax gap between listed and non-listed firms widen from 5 percentage points to 7.5 percentage points to inspire new listings.
The blue-chip DS30 index, a group of 30 prominent companies, also gained almost 16 points to close at 1,762 while the DSES index, which represents Shariah-based companies, rose 12 points to 1,029.
The turnover, however, dropped to Tk 2.24 billion from Tk 2.29 billion a day before.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also ended higher with the CSE All Share Price Index – CASPI –rising 48 points to settle at 13,140 and the Selective Categories Index – CSCX –gaining 23 points to 8,022 on June 4, the last trading day before Eid holidays.
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