Stocks open with mix trend

The prices of most of the stocks on both bourses - Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)- witnessed modest see-saw in early hours of trading Monday, the second trading day of the week. After 30 minutes of trading, the prime index of the DSE - DSEX- went up by 4.40 points 0r 0.09 per cent to stands at 4,442.22 points when the report was filed at 11am. It is the highest level of DSEX since its inception on January 27, 2013. However, the DS30 index, comprising blue chips lost 3.90 points or 0.24 per cent to reach at 1,572.87 points. The turnover value stands at Tk 782 million on DSE floor when the report was filed at 11am. Of the issues traded, 117 gained, 79 declined and 38 remained unchanged. Appollo Ispat is the most traded stocks with shares worth Tk 73 million changing hands till then followed by Orion Pharma, Olymic, BDH and Summit Purbanchol Power Company. The port city bourse - CSE witnessed negative trend at opening and its Selective Category Index - CSCX lost 11.53 points or 0.01 per cent to stand at 8,720.70 points, also at 11am. Of the issues traded till then, 42 gained, 55 declined and 17 remained unchanged with a turnover value of Tk 68 million.