The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's main capital market, saw a downtrend in the first two hours on Monday.
Shares and units of 3.9 crore were exchanged through 43675 transactions. During this time, the market witnessed huge selling pressure, and shares and mutual funds worth Tk 118.2 crore were traded.
A total of 388 companies participated in trading. Among these, prices of 154 companies increased,130 companies decreased and 104 companies remained unchanged at the DSE.
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The main index DSEX decreased by 5.56 points to 5,190.84 points, the DSES Shariah index fell by 1.63 points to 1160.52 points, and the DS30 special blue chip fell by 3.50 points to 1931.61 points during the first two hours on Monday.