DSE, CSE open strong with most stocks in green
Staff Correspondent
The final trading session of the week began on Thursday on a positive note in both the Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges, with the majority of company shares seeing price increases during the first hour of trading.
At the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the benchmark index DSEX rose by 47 points.
The other two indices also moved upward -- the Shariah-based DSES gained 10 points, while the DS30 index, which tracks blue-chip companies, advanced by 17 points.
The DSE witnessed a turnover of Tk 170 crore in the opening hour.
Out of the traded issues, 288 companies recorded gains, while prices declined for 38 companies, and 54 remained unchanged.
Similarly, trading at the Chattogram Stock Exchange (CSE) also started with an upward trend, with the overall index gaining 88 points.
Of the 85 companies that participated in trading at the CSE, prices increased for 63, declined for 9, and remained unchanged for 13.
During the first hour, shares and units worth over Tk 50 lakh were traded on the Chattogram bourse.
