Dhaka Stock Exchange sees mixed early trading
Staff Correspondent
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's primary capital market, showed mixed performance during the first two hours of trading on Wednesday.
By 12 pm, transactions worth Tk 137 crore had been recorded, with share prices rising for 109 companies. The DSES Shariah Index also saw an increase during this period. Despite two consecutive days of gains, the market showed a mixed trend in the major indexes.
During the same time, prices of 217 companies declined, while 61 companies' share prices remained unchanged. In total, 387 companies were actively traded on the DSE by midday.
According to market data, the DSEX, the main index, dropped by 4.38 points to 5,237.39. Meanwhile, the DSES Shariah Index rose by 2.83 points to 1,176.85, and the DS30, which tracks blue-chip stocks, fell by 8.20 points to 1,916.12 in the first two hours of trading.
