Bangladesh’s capital market witnessed a positive trend in the first half of trading on Tuesday, with key indices of both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) moving upward.
On the third trading day of the week, the benchmark DSE index, DSEX, gained 11 points by midday.
The other two indices, the Shariah-based DSES and the blue-chip DS30 remained unchanged.
Out of the traded issues on the DSE, the prices of 202 companies advanced, while 100 declined and 81 remained unchanged.
The turnover at the premier bourse crossed Tk 180 crore in the first half of the session.
The CSE also posted gains, with its overall index, CASPI, rising by 33 points.
At the port city bourse, share prices of 45 companies increased, 29 declined and 22 remained unchanged.
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The turnover at the CSE stood at over Tk 3.7 crore during the same period.