2024-08-22 04:10:16
Published: 15:44, 21 August 2024
The third working day of the week ended on Wednesday (August 21) with major declines in the Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchange (DSE-CSE) indices. On this day, transactions in DSE and CSE have slightly increased compared to the previous working day. However, the share prices of most of the companies and mutual fund units traded in both the capital markets fell on the day.
According to DSE and CSE sources, at the end of the day, the main index of DSE, DSEX, was down 108.39 points from the previous day at 5,606 points. The DSE Shariah index fell by 28.28 points to 1,201 points and the DS30 index fell by 45.63 points to 2,047 points.
A total of 394 shares and units of companies were traded on DSE. Among them, the share and unit prices of 11 companies increased, 371 decreased and 12 remained unchanged.
A total of Tk 536 crore 83 lakh shares and units were traded on DSE on Wednesday. Shares and units worth Tk 518 crore 61 lakh were traded on the previous working day.
On the other hand, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) CSCX index is down 137.94 points to 9 thousand 754 points. Overall index CASPI decreased by 227.69 points to 16 thousand 202 points, Sharia index decreased by 17.12 points to 1 thousand 27 points and CSE30 index decreased by 196.05 points to 12 thousand 717 points.
Shares and units of 203 companies were traded on CSE. Among them, the share and unit prices of 8 companies increased, 187 decreased and 8 remained unchanged.
At the end of the day, shares and units of Tk 13 crore 16 lakh were traded in CSE. Shares and units worth Tk 9 crore 19 lakh were traded on the previous working day.
NT/Rafiq