Trading-activity

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country’s premier stock market, saw its index decline on four of the five trading days last week. With most listed companies posting losses, the DSE’s market capitalization fell by more than Tk 7,000 crore week-on-week. However, trading activity increased despite the decline in market indices. At the end of the last trading day of the week, the DSE’s market capitalization stood at Tk 674,476 crore, down from Tk 681,587 crore on the final trading day of...

Although the pace of trading and the index increased at the country’s main stock market, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), last week, overall market capitalization fell by nearly Tk 1,802 crore. Although the price index moved downward on four of the five trading days, share and unit prices of most institutions increased at the end of the week. Among the institutions traded on the DSE throughout the week, prices of 252 increased, 105 declined and 29 remained unchanged. As a result, DSE mark...