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Trading on the country’s two bourses– Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) — is underway with downward trend of share-price indices on Sunday (July 7).
Following the previous day’s rally, both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened higher amid low turnover.
But after first one and half an hour of trading, the DSE lost 32.19 points while the Selective Category Index of the port city bourse declined 62.91 points.
DSEX, prime index of the DSE, went down by 32.19 points or 0.59 percent to stand at 5348.59 points at 12:16pm.
DS30 index, comprising blue chips also fell 14.01 points or 0.73 percent to stand at 1896.06 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) saw loss of 8.01 points or 0.64 percent to 1225.38.
Trade deals stood at 51,483 with transaction at Tk 1,851 million on the DSE within first two hours of trading.
Of the issues traded till then, 105 advanced, 201 declined and 34 remained unchanged.
Asian Tiger Sandhani Life Growth Fund was the most traded stocks till then with shares worth Tk 102:48 million changing hands, followed by JMI Syringes & Medical Services and Eastern Cables Ltd
However, the Chittagong Stock Exchange saw negative trend till then with its Overall Share Index – CASPI – losing 62.91 points or 0.38 percent to stand at 16406 points, also at 12:21pm.
Of the 178 issues traded till then, 55 gained, 101 declined and 22 remained unchanged with TK 53.83 million in turnover.
BDST: 1237 HRS, JULY 7, 2019
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