The majority of shares and units that saw price changes last week saw value reductions on each of the four trading days. The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the primary stock market, consequently saw losses in its index on every trading day. Even if the prices of the majority of securities rose on Sunday, December 21, the first trading day of this week, the index continued to decline. In the meantime, the exchange’s overall trade volume continued to decline.
Market analysis shows that a total of 388 companies’ shares and units were traded on the DSE on Sunday. Among them, prices of 161 securities increased, 157 decreased, and 70 remained unchanged.
Despite the price increases in most securities, the DSE’s main price index, DSEX, fell by 5 points to 4,826 points. This is the lowest level for the index since 17 November, when it closed at 4,775 points.
Additionally, the DSE Shariah Index (DSES) dropped by 2 points to 999 points, and the DS-30 Index fell by 6 points to 1,854 points.
Total trading at DSE amounted to Tk 2.9321 billion today, the lowest since 7 December, when Tk 2.6764 billion worth of shares and units were traded.
At the end of last week, both the index and DSE trading volumes had been declining consecutively. On the first trading day of last week (Sunday), trading was Tk 4.5749 billion, Monday Tk 4.1312 billion, Tuesday (Victory Day holiday, closed), Wednesday Tk 3.7578 billion, and Thursday Tk 3.7578 billion.
In the country’s other stock market, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), all indices fell today. The CASPI Index decreased by 63 points to 13,561, and the CSE-30 Index dropped 39 points to 8,365.
A total of 153 securities were traded on the CSE today, of which 45 increased, 94 decreased, and 14 remained unchanged. Trading volume at CSE amounted to Tk 124.7 million, compared to Tk 45.2 million on Thursday.
