Stock-Market

Share prices of most companies declined last week, accompanied by falls in the indices and total market capitalisation of the stock market. However, despite a decline in the indices over several consecutive trading sessions, average daily turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) increased by nearly 17 percent amid greater investor participation. Of the five trading sessions on the DSE last week, the indices declined on three days. At the end of the final trading session of the week, th...

Trading on the country’s main stock market, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), ended with an upward trend in its indices on the fourth trading day of the week. Share prices of most listed companies rose during Wednesday’s session. According to DSE data, the benchmark DSEX index rose 46.72 points to 5,433 points on Wednesday. Among the other two indices, the Shariah based DSES index gained 7.71 points to reach 1,054 points. The DS30 index, comprising 30 selected companies, rose 8.34 points to...

The decline in the country’s stock market continued. Following the previous trading session, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) also saw its indices fall on Thursday, the last trading day of the week. As a result, the DSE benchmark index fell to its lowest level in nearly three months. Meanwhile, both the index and trading volume declined on the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE). Although the market showed a temporary upward trend at the beginning of the year, investors’ losses have been increa...

The main stock market of Bangladesh, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), ended trading on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week, with gains in both key indexes and turnover.Most listed companies posted price increases during the session, while total trading volume also rose significantly.The DSE...

An unusual surge has been observed in the share price of Web Quotes PLC, a listed company on the SME platform of the country’s stock market. The continuous rise in the company’s stock price without any price-sensitive information (PSI) has sparked curiosity among investors and raised concerns ov...

The country’s top business body, the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), has urged the government not to put pressure on businesses and entrepreneurs in order to meet revenue collection targets in the new fiscal year. Instead, the organisation has called for struc...

Bangladesh’s stock markets returned to a strong upward trend after just one trading day, recovering from a significant broad-based decline. The rebound was largely driven by strong gains in insurance sector stocks. The positive momentum in the insurance sector later spread to other sectors. A...

The country’s stock market failed to break out of its downward spiral, as the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed sharply lower on Monday, the second trading day of the week, under continued selling pressure from investors. Market analysts said persistent macroeconomic pressure and the inactivi...

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has demoted 10 more listed banks from 'A' and 'B' categories to the 'Z' ones because of their meager situations. The 'Z' category is the lowest tier in the stock market, where companies are generally classified as weak or junk stocks.The Dhaka Sto...

The country's leading stock market, which had been in a negative trend for a long period, is finally returning to a positive trajectory. After more than two months, turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's premier stock market, exceeded Tk1,000 crore-mark on Wednesday. The last...

Mismanagement and corruption have left Bangladesh’s non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) in a fragile state. The survival of several of these companies is now under threat, which has also negatively impacted their share prices. In continuation of this trend, on Monday, seven out of the top 10...