The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), Bangladesh's primary capital market, began Monday morning with a downtrend.
Within the first hour, a total of 4.26 crore shares and units were exchanged through 46,330 transactions, generating a trade value of Tk 142.7 crore.
In total, 363 companies participated in the trading session. Among them, the prices of 178 companies increased, 109 decreased, and 76 remained unchanged.
By the end of the first hour, the main index, DSEX, had declined to 5,325.11 points, reflecting a loss of 3.21 points. Similarly, the DSES Shariah index dropped by 1.42 points to 1,181.52 points, while the DS30 blue-chip index fell by 5.53 points to 1,971.38 points.