Staff Correspondent

Both the Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges witnessed a significant uptrend on Monday, the second trading day of the week, with a majority of listed companies recording price gains.

At the end of the day’s trading, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSEX) rose by 59 points. The Shariah-based DSES index added 16 points, while the blue-chip index DS30 gained 15 points.

Out of 397 companies traded on the DSE, share prices of 315 advanced, 36 declined and 46 remained unchanged.

Prices increased across all three categories of shares — A, B and Z — with the A category, which consists of fundamentally strong companies that regularly offer dividends, seeing notable gains.

Among the 217 A-category companies, 179 saw price increases, while only 15 declined and 23 remained unchanged.

In the DSE block market, shares worth Tk 40.5 crore were traded across 25 companies. Lovello Ice Cream led the block transactions, posting the highest trade value of Tk 17.8 crore.

Compared to the previous day, total turnover on the DSE nearly doubled. The day’s total turnover stood at Tk 417 crore, up from Tk 263 crore in the previous session.

National Housing Finance topped the gainers’ list on the DSE with a 9.86% price increase, while Shyampur Sugar Mills ended at the bottom with a 3.5% price fall.

Uptrend Also in Chattogram

Mirroring Dhaka, the Chattogram Stock Exchange (CSE) also ended the day on a high note, with its overall index climbing by 60 points.

Of the 184 companies traded, 113 advanced, 53 declined, and 18 remained unchanged.

The total turnover on the CSE stood at Tk 9.82 crore, slightly lower than the previous session’s Tk 10.83 crore.

Magura Multipurpose topped the gainers’ chart on the CSE with a 10% price surge, while Islami Finance and Investment led the losers, shedding over 9%.