On the first working day of the week, Monday (May 12), trading on the country’s two main stock exchanges—the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)—began with fluctuations in indices.
According to sources from both DSE and CSE, the market saw mixed trends in the early hours of trading.
By 10:30 AM, half an hour into the trading session, the DSE's benchmark index, DSEX, had declined by 6 points to stand at 4,895. The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) dropped by 1 point to 1,072, and the DS30 index decreased by 11 points to 1,808. During this time, shares and mutual fund units worth BDT 767.7 million were traded on the DSE.
Among the companies traded during this period, share prices rose for 155 companies, declined for 134, and remained unchanged for 72.
As of 10:30 AM, the top 10 most traded companies on the DSE were Beach Hatchery, Bashundhara Paper, NRB Bank, IFIC First Mutual Fund, AB Bank First Mutual Fund, Midland Bank, KDS Accessories, BSC, Shinepukur Ceramics, and Eastern Bank.
Earlier in the morning, during the first five minutes of trading, the DSEX index had increased by 8 points. By 10:10 AM, the index gained another 8 points. The upward trend continued, and by 10:20 AM, the index had risen 13 points from the previous day's close to reach 4,916.
Meanwhile, the CSE’s CASPI index dropped by 3 points to 13,699 by 10:30 AM, but an upward trend followed shortly after.
Up to that point, trading volume on the CSE had reached BDT 13.2 million. Of the companies traded, 24 saw gains in share prices, 5 declined, and 3 remained unchanged.
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