Stock Market is Trading through the Rise of the Index

Economy Desk: On the first working day of the week, Sunday (March 24), the country's main stock market Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and another stock market Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) are trading with rising indices.

Half an hour after the start of trading on this day, i.e. at 10 am, the general index of DSE DSEX rose by 24 points to 5 thousand 966 points from the previous day. DSE's Shariah index increased by 8 points and DSE-30 index by 7 points to 1301 and 2064 points respectively. Shares and mutual fund units worth Tk 99.5 million have been traded during this period.

Among the companies traded at this time on Sunday, the prices of 190 companies increased, 65 companies decreased and 58 companies' shares remained unchanged. The top 10 companies traded till 10 am today are Asiatic Laboratories, Best Holding, Shinepukur Ceramics, Golden Son, Central Pharma, Orion Pharma, Kohinoor Chemical, Phuwang Ceramics, Emerald Oil and Khulna Printing. Earlier, the DSEX index rose by 30 points in the first 5 minutes of trading on Sunday.

At 10:10 AM, the index rose another 4 points from its previous position. After that the speed of the index is seen upward. 20 minutes after the start of trading i.e. at 9:50 am, the index increased by 28 points from the previous day and stood at 5,969 points.

On the other hand, the CASPI index of Chittagong Stock Exchange increased by 28 points to 16 thousand 965 points at 10 am after half an hour of trading. After that the speed of the index is seen upward. S

hares and units of mutual funds worth Tk 1.1 million have been traded in CSE till 10 am today. During this period, the share price of 19 companies increased, 8 decreased and 7 companies remained unchanged.