Trading at the country’s two major bourses — the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) — began on Monday with a sharp decline, as most company shares slipped during the first hour of trading.
The DSE’s key index, DSEX, dropped by 19 points, while the Shariah-based DSES and the blue-chip DS30 indices fell by 3 points and 6 points, respectively.
Out of the traded companies on the DSE, prices fell for 241, rose for 93, and remained unchanged for 52.
DSEX falls 68 points at week’s start as CSE also declines
The total transaction value during the first half stood at over Tk 170 crore.
The bearish trend was also reflected on the CSE, where the overall index declined by 56 points.
On that bourse, 70 companies lost value, 23 gained, and 3 remained unchanged, with transactions worth around Tk 8.2 crore in the first half of trading.