Stock Market is Trading with the Upward Trend of the Index

Economy Desk: On the last working day of the week Thursday (March 21), the country's main stock market Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and another stock market Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) are trading with an upward trend.

Half an hour after the start of trading on Thursday, i.e. at 10 am, the general index of DSE DSEX increased by 24 points from the previous day and stood at 5,897 points. DSE Shariah Index rose by 6 points and DSE-30 Index by 4 points to 1283 and 2037 points respectively. Shares and mutual fund units worth Tk 72 crore 9 lakh have been traded during this period.

Among the companies traded during this period, 230 shares increased, 38 decreased and 46 remained unchanged.

The top 10 companies traded till 10 am on Thursday are Golden Son, Asiatic Laboratories, Central Pharma, Fuwang Ceramics, Orion Infusion, Best Holding, Golden Harvest, Robi, SS Steel and Aftab Auto.

Earlier today, the DSEX index rose by 30 points in the first 5 minutes of trading. 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 34 points from the previous day and stood at 5,907 points.

On the other hand, the CASPI index of Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) increased by 16 points and stood at 16 thousand 777 points at 10 am after half an hour of trading. After that the speed of the index is seen upward.

Shares and mutual fund units worth Tk 38 lakh have been traded in CSE till 10 am today. During this period, the share price of 18 companies increased, 5 decreased and two companies remained unchanged.