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DSE, CSE open higher Tuesday

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Prices of most of the shares on bourse witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday as investors are active on sector specific stocks.

Following the previous day’s sharp decline, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened on positive note amid rising trading activities.

Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse rose more than 18 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 37 points at 10:45am.

After 30 minutes of trading, the DSEX rose more than 33 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 50 points at 11:00am when the report was filed.

DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 33.25 points or 0.62 per cent to reach at 5,355 points at 11:00am.

The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, also rose 13 points to reach at 1,929 points.

The DSE Shariah Index advanced 9.47 points to reach at 1,257 points till then.

Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 1.38 billion when the report was filed at 11:00am.

United Power was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 120 million changing hands, closely followed by Legacy Footwear Tk 84 million, Shepherd Industries Tk 64 million, Bashundhara Paper Mills BDT 59 million and Ratanpur Steel Tk 58 million.

Of the issues traded till then, 166 advanced, 67 declined and 25 remained unchanged on the DSE trading floor.

The port city bourse also saw upward trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-rising 50 points to stand at 16,440, also at 11:00am.

The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also advanced 31 points to stand at 9,938 points till then.

Of the issues traded till then, 55 gained, 28 declined and 11 issues remained unchanged with Tk 50 million in turnover.

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