On the final trading day of the week, both the Dhaka and Chattogram stock markets opened with a positive trend, as the majority of company shares saw price increases.
Dhaka Stock Exchange's (DSE) benchmark index, DSEX, rose by 19 points at the start on Thursday.
The Shariah-compliant DSES index gained 5 points, while the blue-chip DS30 index went up by 1 point.
At the beginning of trading, 226 companies saw their share prices increase, 60 experienced a decline, and 60 remained unchanged.
In the early trading session, the DSE saw shares and units worth over Tk 70 crore traded.
Similarly, the Chattogram Stock Exchange (CSE) followed an upward trend, with its overall index climbing by 16 points.
Of the 41 companies traded on the CSE, 26 saw price gains, 9 experienced losses, and 6 remained stable. The total value of shares and units traded in the early session surpassed Tk 40 lakh.
