DHAKA: Trading on the country’s two bourses is underway with downward trend of share-price indices on Monday.

The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange Broad Index, DSEX, shed over 20 points to stand at 4,293 at 12:40pm.

Trade deals stood at 39,426 with volume of transactions at Tk 1414 million.

Of the issues traded, 93 advanced, 132 declined and 41 remained unchanged.

ACTIVEFINE topped the turnover list with shares worth Tk 74 million having changed hands.

Following the suit, the Chittagong Stock Exchange Selective Categories Index (CSCX) climbed down to 4446 by dropping over 32 points at about 12:40pm.

Out of the issues traded, 44 gained, 108 declined and 14 remained unchanged.

BDST:  1248 HRS, JAN 06, 2014
Edited by: Rubaiat Saky, Senior Newsroom Editor