Stocks mixed in early trade; Dhaka rises, Chattogram slips
Bussiness Desk
Bangladesh’s twin bourses showed mixed performance in the first half of Wednesday’s trading session, with Dhaka’s key index gaining while Chattogram’s market dipped slightly.
At the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the benchmark DSEX index advanced by 29 points early in the session on the fourth working day of the week.
Alongside, the Shariah-based DSES index gained 9 points, and the blue-chip DS30 index went up by 13 points.
Market data showed that 250 issues gained in value during the first two hours of trading, while 53 declined and 85 remained unchanged. The turnover on the DSE crossed Tk 160 crore during the same period.
In contrast, the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw its all-share price index dip by 34 points in early trade.
Out of 117 companies that took part in trading at the CSE, 50 advanced, 48 declined, and 19 remained unchanged. Total turnover at the port city bourse stood at over Tk 8.48 crore during the session’s first half.
