B Mirror Desk : Trading is currently taking place on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) this Sunday, May 18, the second working day of the week, with the price indices showing mixed responses.
Despite this, the majority of companies have seen an increase in their share prices. DSE sources have reported that during the first hour of trading, up to 11 am, the DSE’s main index, known as ‘DSEX’, experienced a rise of 9.37 points, reaching 4,829 points.
Meanwhile, the Shariah index, ‘DSES’, increased by 3.49 points to 1,056 points, while the ‘DS-30’ index saw a decline of 1.68 points, settling at 1,786 points. In total, shares and units worth 83.12 crore taka were traded during this timeframe. Among the companies involved in trading, 232 saw their share prices rise, 80 experienced a decline, and 70 remained stable.