Stocks inching up in morning trade
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Dhaka stocks, in continuation of the previous two days' upward momentum, kept inching up as the bulls were showing their buying appetite.
Having reached a 27-week high on Tuesday (23 May), leaving behind a months-long bearish situation, DSEX, the broad-based index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hit 6,325 at 11:30am this morning (Wednesday, 24 May).
However, profit booking pressure dragged it down to 6,317 at 1:05pm which was still 0.17 % higher than the previous closing value.
During this period, total 104 scrips advanced while 68 declined.
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Tk795 crore trading turnover was registered by the DSE 80 minutes ahead of the closing bell.
