Index-falls

Bangladesh’s stock market declined again on Sunday, the first trading day of the week, following gains over the previous two trading sessions. At the country’s premier bourse, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), prices of most companies’ shares and units fell. Both the benchmark index and trading turnover also declined. However, the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), the country’s other stock market, recorded a slight rise in its index. The stock market had declined for three consecutive trading...

Trading ended with a downward trend in the index at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country’s main stock market. However, the overall trading volume increased in monetary terms compared with the previous trading day, while share and unit prices of the majority of companies participating in trading declined. According to DSE sources, the DSE Broad Index fell 33 points from the previous day to 5,860 points. The DSE Shariah Index fell 5 points to 1,180 points, while the DSE 30 Index fell...