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The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Thursday as investors active on sector-wise stocks amid optimism.
Following the previous four days’ fall, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early trading amid low trading activities.
Within first 15 minutes of trading, the key index of the country’s prime bourse advanced more than 51 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse gained 46 points at 10:45am.
After 30 minutes of trading, it slowed down some extent and the DSEX gained more than 27 points while the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) of port city’s bourse advanced 66 points at 11:00am when the report was filed.
DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 27.33 points or 0.46 percent to reach at 5,936 points at 11:00am.
The two other indices also saw positive trend. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips advanced 8.80 points or 0.40 per cent to reach at 2,182.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 3.87 points or 0.28 per cent to stand at 1,383.
Turnover, the important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 502 million when the report was filed at 11:00am.
Of the issues traded till then, 167 issues nudged higher, 36 declined and 32 remained unchanged.
CVO Petrochemicals Refinery was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 36 million changing hands, closely followed by BRAC Bank Tk 25 million, Unique Hotel & Resorts Tk 24 million, Alif Industries Tk 20 million and City bank Tk 15 million.
The port city bourse also saw upward trend with CSE All Share Price Index- CASPI- advancing 66 points to stand at 18,323, also at 11:00am.
The Selective Category Index – CSCX –also gained 41 points to stand at 11,058 points till then.
Of the issues traded till then, 48 gained, 11 declined and 10 issues remained unchanged with Tk 14 million in turnover.