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On the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country’s main bourse, both the index and turnover fell on Monday, although turnover rose on the other bourse, the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE). The capital market ended the second trading day of the week with the indices down.
The information was obtained from sources at the two stock exchanges.
An analysis of market data shows that the DSEX, the DSE’s benchmark index, lost 46 points to fall to 5,404 points. Of the other two indices, the Shariah index fell 9 points to 1,070 points, while the DSE-30 index lost 8 points to stand at 2,094 points.
Over the day, turnover of shares and mutual funds on the DSE amounted to Tk 452.81 crore, which was Tk 116 crore less than the previous trading day.
On the previous trading day, shares and mutual funds worth Tk 568.59 crore had changed hands on this bourse. On Monday, a total of 385 companies and mutual fund units were traded on the DSE.
Of them, 47 advanced, 303 declined and the share and unit prices of 35 remained unchanged.
On the Chittagong Stock Exchange, meanwhile, the all-share index CASPI lost 84 points to fall to 14,551 points. Of the 179 institutions traded there on Monday, 37 saw their share prices rise, 120 fell and the prices of 22 companies were unchanged.
Turnover of shares and units on the CSE that day stood at Tk 29.04 crore, which was Tk 20 crore less than the previous day. On the day before, shares and mutual funds worth Tk 9 crore had been traded there.
