The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country’s primary capital market, experienced mixed trends during the first two hours of trading on Wednesday, with total transactions reaching Tk 191 crore by 12 pm.
During this period, 5.56 crore shares and mutual fund units were exchanged through 68,680 transactions. Initially, the market showed an upward trend in the morning but reversed course, declining after 11:30 am.
A total of 386 companies participated in trading. Of these, prices for 149 companies rose, 168 declined, and 69 remained unchanged.
The market's main index, DSEX, saw a modest gain of 6.58 points, closing at 5,304.95 points by midday. Meanwhile, the DSES Shariah Index edged up slightly by 0.14 points to 1,183.42 points, but the DS30 Index, representing blue-chip companies, fell by 3.68 points to 1,985.74 points.