DSE sees downtrend in early trading

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's main capital market, began Monday morning with a downtrend.

Within the first hour, a total of 42.60 million shares and units were exchanged through 46,330 transactions, generating a trade value of Tk 1.42 billion.

In total, 363 companies participated in the trading session. Among them, the prices of 178 companies increased, 109 decreased, and 76 remained unchanged, reports UNB.

By the end of the first hour, the main index, DSEX, had declined to 5,325.11 points, reflecting a loss of 3.21 points. Similarly, the DSES Shariah index dropped by 1.42 points to 1,181.52 points, while the DS30 blue-chip index fell by 5.53 points to 1,971.38 points.