The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's main capital market, saw a downtrend in the first 3 hours on Wednesday.
The 3 indexes of the Dhaka stock market DSEX, DSES, and DS30 decreased in the first session of the new year.
The main index DSEX decreased by 2.38 points to 5,214.05 points, the DSES Shariah index plunged by 2.06 points to 1166.83 points, and the DS30 special blue-chip index was down by 0.33 points to 1939.4 points during the first 3 hours on Wednesday, reports UNB.
Shares and units of 7.22 crore were exchanged through 61722 transactions. In the 3 hours, the market witnessed huge selling pressure, and shares and mutual funds worth Tk 209.2 crore were traded.
During this time, a total of 392 companies participated in trading. Among these, prices of 151 companies increased, 148 companies decreased and 93 companies remained unchanged at the DSE.
