The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's main capital market, saw an upward trend in the first 1:30 hour on Thursday.
Though the market showed an upward trend, the trading pace was slow in the morning in the DSE.
Shares and units of 5.08 crore were exchanged through 40001 transactions. In this time, shares and mutual funds worth Tk 113.8 crore were traded.
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A total of 368 companies participated in trading. Among these, prices of 151 companies increased, 131 companies decreased and 86 companies remained unchanged at the DSE.
The main index DSEX increased by 5.36 points to 5243.73 points, the DSES Shariah index was up by 1.64 points to 1173.89 points, and the DS30 special blue chip rose by 0.52 points to 1924.40 points during the first 1:30 hour on Thursday.