The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's main capital market, saw an upward trend in the first hour on Sunday.
After the weekend, the three indexes of the Dhaka stock market – DSEX, DSES, and DS30 – all increased in the morning, reports UNB.
The main index, DSEX, rose by 30.24 points to 5,214.68 points, the DSES Shariah index increased by 2.86 points to 1,173 points, and the DS30 special blue-chip index rose by 10.71 points to 1,937.99 points during the first hour on Sunday.
A total of 3.44 crore shares and units were exchanged through 35,033 transactions.
In the first hour, the market witnessed significant selling pressure. Mutual funds worth Tk 102.7 crore were traded.
A total of 375 companies participated in trading. Among them, the prices of 267 companies increased, 42 companies decreased, and 66 companies remained unchanged at the DSE.
Bd-pratidin English/Fariha Nowshin Chinika
