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The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading Thursday as investors showed their buying appetite on large-cap stocks.
However, the investors are closely eyeing on the political front centering Zia Orphanage Trust case verdict delivered today.
The presence of investors at the brokerage houses also thin as the entire capital has been wrapped in an unprecedented security blanket.
Following the previous day’s marginal fall, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened on positive note in early trading.
Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 7.0 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CAPSI) of port city’s bourse advanced 28 points at 10:45am.
After 30 minutes of trading, the DSEX rose nearly 24 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CAPSI) of port city’s bourse advanced 31 points at 11:00am, when the report was filed.
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 23.75 points or 0.40 per cent to reach at 5,960 points at 11:00am.
The two other indices also saw upturn till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips advanced 13.92 points or 0.62 per cent to reach at 2,230 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) gained 6.26 points or 0.45 per cent to stand at 1,390 points till then.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at only Tk 380 million when the report was filed at 11:00am.
Of the issues traded till then, 143 advanced, 53 declined and 50 remained unchanged.
Monno Ceramic Industries was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 28 million changing hands, closely followed by Dutch Bangla Bank 23 million, Paramount Textile Tk 21 million, Square Pharma Tk 20 million and Usmania Glass Tk 18 million.
The port city bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) saw upward trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CAPSI- advancing 31 points to stand at 18,379, also at 11:00am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 17 points to stand at 11,000 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 35 gained, 17 declined and 16 issues remained unchanged with Tk 364 million in turnover.