BSEC Extends Stock Trading Time by 30 Minutes

The schedule for share trading hours at the country's both two stock exchanges— Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange is set to raise by 30 minutes to 2:30pm from tomorrow. 

The new schedule will remain in force till 6 June next. 

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), the stock market regulator, took this decision as transaction hours at banks have been raised by half an hour.

The regular trading hours of the stock exchanges were from 10am to 2:30pm before the pandemic. 

The new schedule of banks will also start from tomorrow where they will operate transactions from 10am to 3pm. 

Currently, banks remain open for transactions from 10am to 2:30pm, whereas the regular banking hours before the pandemic were from 10am to 4pm.