On the first trading day of the week, Sunday, April 27, the country's main stock markets, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), experienced significant declines in their indices.
According to sources from DSE and CSE, by 10:30 AM, just half an hour after trading began, the general index of DSE, DSEX, dropped by 42 points, reaching 4,930 points. The Shariah index of DSE declined by 15 points, and the DSE-30 index fell by 18 points, standing at 1,088 and 1,824 points, respectively. During this period, trading amounted to Tk 47.45 crore in shares and mutual fund units.
Among the traded companies at that time, 56 saw an increase in their share prices, 219 saw a decline, and 67 remained unchanged.
By 10:30 AM, the top 10 companies in terms of trading were: Beach Hatchery, Grameenphone, Fine Foods, Shahjibazar Power, BSC, Shinepukur Ceramics, Energypack Power, Lovello Ice Cream, NRB Bank, and Alif Industry.
Earlier, in the first 5 minutes of trading on Sunday, DSEX rose by 2 points. By 10:10 AM, the index increased by another 2 points from its previous position. The index showed an upward trend in the first 20 minutes of trading. By 10:20 AM, the index had decreased by 35 points from the previous day, standing at 4,937 points.
On the other hand, at CSE, the CASPI index fell by 61 points, reaching 13,895 points by 10:30 AM. After that, the index showed an upward trend as well.
By 10:30 AM, the trading value at CSE had reached Tk 1.24 crore in shares and mutual fund units. During this period, 15 companies saw an increase in their prices, 19 experienced a decline, and 1 company’s share price remained unchanged.
