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DSE, CSE post marginal gain at opening

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Stocks witnessed modest gain in early trading on Monday, after passing a flat session in the previous day, as some investors were active on sector specific issues.

Following the previous day’s flat ending, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened higher, but trading activities remains low.

Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced 15 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 40 points at 10:40am.

After 30 minutes of trading, the DSEX advanced more than 7.0 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse rose 34 points at 11:00am when the report was filed.

DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 7.35 points or 0.14 per cent to stand 5,141 points at 11:00am.

The DSE Shariah Index also gained 1.55 points to stand at 1,178 points. However, the DS30 index, comprising blue chips, fell 1.06 points to reach at 1,838 points till then.

Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 692 million on DSE when the report was filed at 11:00am.

Square Pharma was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 76 million changing hands, closely followed by Fortune Shoes, Monno Ceramic, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation and Intraco Refueling Stations.

Of the issues traded till then, 154 advanced, 74 declined and 73 remained unchanged on the DSE trading floor.

The port city’s bourse – the Chittagong Stock Exchange – (CSE) also saw positive trend till then with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI-advancing 34 points to stand at 15,751 points, also at 11:00am.

The Selective Category Index – CSCX – also gained 21 points to stand at 9,572 points till then.

Of the issues traded till then, 54 advanced, 22 declined 12 remained unchanged with Tk 33 million in turnover.

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