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Trading began with a rise in indices today, Thursday, the last working day of the week, on the country’s premier bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the other bourse Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE).
According to DSE and CSE sources, half an hour after trading began on Thursday (8 October), that is, at 10:30am, the DSE’s general index DSEX rose by 30 points from the previous day to stand at 5,494 points.
The DSE Shariah index rose by 5 points and the DSE-30 index by 9 points to stand at 1,091 and 2,106 points respectively. Shares and mutual fund units worth Tk 107.40 crore were traded during this time.
Of the companies traded during this time, the prices of 272 rose, 42 fell and the share prices of 57 companies remained unchanged. The top 10 companies in terms of trading till 10:30am were Beximco, Sonali Aansh, Paramount Textile, Evince Textile, Saiham Textile, Prime Bank First Mutual Fund, Shinepukur Ceramics, Ifad Autos, Fine Foods and Orion Infusion.
Earlier, the DSEX index rose by 12 points in the first 5 minutes of trading. At 10:10am, the index rose by another 8 points from its earlier position. Even after that, the index continued its upward trend. Twenty minutes after trading began, that is, at 10:20am, the index rose by 27 points from the previous day to stand at 5,491 points.
On the other hand, half an hour after trading began, at 10:30am, the CSE’s CASPI index rose by 42 points to stand at 14,697 points. The index was seen to continue its upward trend after that as well.
Shares and mutual fund units worth Tk 1.78 crore were traded on the CSE till 10:30am on the day. During this time, the prices of 15 companies rose, 12 fell and the share prices of three companies remained unchanged.
