In a widely expected decision, the BOJ ditched a policy put in place since 2016 that applied a 0.1% charge on some excess reserves financial institutions parked with the central bank
Trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chattogram Stock Exchange will now start at 10 am and end at 2.30 pm, the bourses said in separate statements on Thursday.
After operating on a revised schedule during the pandemic, the bourses restored the usual four-hour trading time from 10:30am to 2:30pm on Jul 8.
“Bangladesh bourses never got four and a half hours’ trading period before. Such extension has been made for the first time as far as I know,” Sharif Anwar Hossain, the chairman of DSE Brokers Association or DBA, told bdnews24.com.
Welcoming the move, DSE Director Shakil Rizvi told bdnews24.com: “It’s a landmark decision sought by the companies on the stock market for a long time. It will help increase transactions.”