The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country’s primary capital market, experienced its third consecutive day of decline in trading on Wednesday.
During the first one and half hours of trading, the DSE recorded a drop in the prices of most listed companies, with all three major indexes seeing a downturn. In this period, share prices of 110 companies advanced, 189 declined, and 81 remained unchanged.
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According to market sources, the DSEX, the DSE’s benchmark index, fell by 14.65 points to 5,351.30. The DSES Shariah index dropped 4.80 points to 1,190.55, while the DS30, which tracks blue-chip stocks, decreased by 4.67 points to 1,959.05.
By mid-morning, approximately Tk110 crore worth of shares and units had been transacted on the DSE.
