The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the nation's key capital market, saw positive movement in trading during the first 90 minutes on Thursday.
All three indices of the Dhaka stock market—DSEX, DSES, and DS30—recorded changes in the initial session of the fifth working day of the week.
The benchmark index DSEX rose by 4.70 points, reaching 5,189.7 points. The DSES Shariah index gained 2.5 points, climbing to 1,160.86 points, while the DS30 blue-chip index slightly dipped by 0.07 points to 1,920.92.
During this period, the DSE reported that 4.37 crore shares and units were exchanged through 35,192 transactions, reports UNB.
Despite high selling pressure in the first hour, shares and mutual funds worth Tk 99.7 crore were traded.
In total, 383 companies participated in trading. Among them, the prices of 210 companies increased, 81 decreased and 92 remained unchanged.