The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's main capital market, saw a mixed trend in the first two hours on Tuesday.
Two indexes—DSEX and DSES—increased in the morning while DS30 decreased slightly.
The main index DSEX increased by 3.92 points to 5,174.71 points; the DSES Shariah index was up by 4.40 points to 1160.31 points and the DS30 special blue chip index fell slightly by 1.06 points to 1921.04 points during the first two hours.
Shares and units of 4.09 crore were exchanged through 41650 transactions. In this time, the market witnessed huge selling pressure, and shares and mutual funds worth Tk 110.8 crore were traded.
DSEX trading ends with a 25.61 point drop
A total of 385 companies participated in trading. Among these, prices of 186 companies increased, 104 companies decreased, and 95 companies remained unchanged at the DSE.