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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country’s main bourse, experienced mixed trends during the first two hours of trading on Wednesday, with total transactions reaching Tk 1.91 billion by 12:00 pm.
During this period, 55.60 million 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, reports UNB.
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.