The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the primary capital market of Bangladesh, experienced a downward trend in the first two hours of trading on Tuesday.
During this period, trading records show that 7.22 crore shares and units were exchanged through 82,989 transactions. The total value of traded shares and mutual funds reached Tk 224.3 crore.
A total of 380 companies participated in the trading session. Among them, the share prices of 129 companies increased, 180 companies decreased, and 71 companies remained unchanged.
The main index, DSEX, dropped by 16.98 points to 5,283.07. The Shariah-compliant DSES index fell by 7.19 points to 1,164.23, while the DS30 index, which tracks blue-chip companies, slipped marginally by 0.46 points to 1,953.96 during the first two hours of trading.