So like, last Saturday (May 24), the stock market in Dhaka, you know, saw a slight increase in transactions even though the index fell. It’s like, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) had more trades, but the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) had fewer. Sources from DSE and CSE, ya know, shared this info.
When we look at the market analysis, we can see that on Saturday, the main price index of DSE, the DSEX, fell by 38 points to stand at 4,746 points. The Shariah index fell by 9 points, and the DSE-30 index fell by 23 points to stand at 1,037 and 1,753 points respectively. Like, on this day, shares and mutual funds worth 278 crore 2 lakh taka were traded in DSE, which is like almost 25 crore taka less than the previous trading day. The previous day, trading worth 253 crore 54 lakh taka was done in DSE.
So, like, on Saturday, transactions of shares and units of 397 companies were made in DSE. Among them, the prices of shares of 74 companies increased, 271 decreased, and 52 remained unchanged. The top 10 companies in terms of transactions on this day were Shinepukur Ceramics, Midland Bank, Brac Bank, Beach Hatchery, S Alam Steel, NRB Bank, Sonargaon Textiles, City Bank, Orion Infusion, and Fu Wang Food. Over in the other stock market, the Chittagong Stock Exchange, the overall index, the CASPI, fell by 91 points to stand at 13,293 points on Saturday. Transactions of shares and units worth 4 crore 19 lakh taka were made in CSE on this day, which is like almost 3 crore taka less than the previous day. The previous day, trading worth 7 crore 98 lakh taka was done in CSE. Like, SMH/BRB.