Dhaka stocks drop in early trading today
Staff Correspondent
In the first hour and a half of trading on Tuesday, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's main capital market, experienced a downturn across all its major indices. The market showed mixed performance, with share prices of 127 companies rising, 182 companies declining, and 82 remaining unchanged.
As per DSE data, the benchmark index, DSEX, dropped by 24.99 points, settling at 5,310. The DSES (Shariah index) fell by 5 points to 1,184, and the DS30, which tracks the performance of blue-chip companies, decreased by 14 points to 1,927.
This dip follows recent fluctuations in the stock market, highlighting the volatility of investor sentiment.
