On the fourth trading day of the week, Wednesday (March 19), the country’s main stock markets – the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – are experiencing an upward trend in indices.
According to DSE and CSE sources, by 10:30 AM on Wednesday, the general index of DSE (DSEX) had risen by 15 points, reaching 5,225 points, compared to the previous day. The DSE Shariah Index increased by 3 points, and the DSE-30 index rose by 4 points, reaching 1,163 and 1,886 points, respectively. During this time, shares and mutual fund units worth 78.53 crore taka were traded.
Among the companies traded during this period, the prices of 212 companies increased, 67 companies saw a decline, and 73 companies remained unchanged in share prices.
The top 10 companies by trade volume as of 10:30 AM on Wednesday were: Evince Textile, Shinepukur Ceramics, Uttara Bank, Prime First Mutual Fund, Alif Industry, Indo-Bangla Pharma, Khan Brothers, Intraco, United Commercial Bank, and Fu Wang Food.
Earlier, in the first 5 minutes of the trading session, the DSEX index rose by 15 points. By 10:10 AM, the index further increased by 1 point. After that, the upward trend continued. By 10:20 AM, the index had risen by 17 points, reaching 5,227 points.
Meanwhile, at 10:30 AM, the CASPI index of the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) had risen by 25 points, reaching 14,594 points. The upward movement of the index continued thereafter.
At that time, trading on CSE had amounted to shares and mutual fund units worth 20 lakh taka. During this period, the prices of shares of 17 companies increased, 7 companies saw a decrease, and 2 companies had unchanged share prices.
