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Trading began with a rise in indices on Tuesday (6 October) on the country’s premier bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the other bourse Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE). This information was obtained from DSE and CSE sources.
Half an hour after trading began on Tuesday, that is, at 10:30am, the DSE’s general index DSEX rose by 32 points from the previous day to stand at 5,477 points. The DSE Shariah index rose by 9 points and the DSE-30 index by 7 points to stand at 1,089 and 2,089 points respectively.
Shares and mutual fund units worth Tk 86.04 crore were traded during this time.
Of the companies traded during this time, the prices of 261 rose, 54 fell and the share prices of 50 companies remained unchanged.
The top 10 companies in terms of trading till 10:30am on Tuesday were Apex Foods, Orion Infusion, Paramount Textile, Saiham Textile, Evince Textile, Techno Drugs, Acme Limited, Prime Bank First Mutual Fund, Phoenix Finance First Mutual Fund and BD Lamps.
Earlier, the DSEX index rose by 8 points in the first 5 minutes of trading today.
At 10:10am, the index rose by another 6 points from its earlier position. After that, the index was seen to be on an upward trend. Twenty minutes after trading began, that is, at 10:20am, the index rose by 23 points from the previous day to stand at 5,469 points.
On the other hand, half an hour after trading began, that is, at 10:30am, the CASPI index of the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) rose by 28 points to stand at 14,649 points. The index was seen to continue its upward trend after that as well.
Shares and mutual fund units worth Tk 2.87 crore were traded on the CSE till 10:30am on the day. During this time, the prices of 13 companies rose, 11 fell and the share price of 1 company remained unchanged.
