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Indices fell on both stock exchanges on Tuesday, and turnover declined too. On the third working day of the week, neither the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) nor the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) could hold on to the previous day’s turnover.
The picture emerges from data from the two exchanges.
The DSEX, the DSE’s benchmark index, closed the day at 5,386 points, 12 points lower than the previous day.
The Shariah index lost 6 points to 1,046, while the DS30 index slipped 2 points to settle at 2,087.
Shares and mutual funds worth Tk 403 crore 50 lakh changed hands on the DSE on the day, against Tk 410 crore 57 lakh on the previous trading day, meaning turnover fell by around Tk 7 crore in a single day.
A total of 387 companies and mutual fund units were traded. Of them, 108 advanced, 226 declined and 53 remained unchanged.
The picture was the same in the Chattogram market. The CSE’s all-share index, the CASPI, lost 69 points to 14,489. Of the 168 issues traded there, 52 gained, 92 lost and 24 remained unchanged.
Shares and units worth Tk 14 crore 72 lakh were traded on the CSE on the day, Tk 2 crore less than the previous day, when turnover stood at Tk 16 crore 42 lakh.
By the numbers
On 17 October, the DSEX fell 18.87 points to 5,433.17 on the Dhaka Stock Exchange, with turnover of Tk 317 crore 37 lakh, the lowest in nine and a half months, bdnews24.com reported on 17 October.
According to a UNB report on 13 July, the DSEX rose to 5,866 points that day, its highest this year, with turnover of Tk 1,419 crore.
Sources
Original report: Bangladesh Pratidin
Background sources: bdnews24.com, 17 October 2026; UNB, 13 July 2026
