2024-04-28 22:48:35
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) ended the first business day of the week on Sunday (April 28) with big gains in the indices. On this day, the amount of money traded in DSE and CSE has slightly increased compared to the previous working day. At the same time, the share price of most of the companies and mutual fund units traded on both the stock exchanges rose.
This information is known from DSE and CSE sources.
The regulatory body Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has set a new limit or circuit breaker to reduce the share price of listed companies on Wednesday (April 24) to prevent continuous price decline in the capital market. According to the new guidelines, the share price of the companies can fall by a maximum of 3 percent in a day. However, the maximum rate will remain as per previous instructions. A big rise in the stock market index was noticed after one working day of BSEC’s decision.
Meanwhile, Professor Shibli Rubaiyat-ul-Islam has been appointed for the second term as the chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), the capital market regulatory body. He has been re-employed by the Financial Institutions Department of the Ministry of Finance for a contractual period of four years. This positive news has increased the momentum in the capital market.
At the end of the day, the main index of DSE, DSEX, increased by 97.36 points from the previous day and stands at 5,615 points. The DSE Shariah index rose 16.88 points to 1,234 points and the DS30 index rose 21.63 points to 1,996 points.
A total of 396 shares and units of companies were traded on DSE. Among them, the share and unit prices of 300 companies increased, 52 decreased and 44 remained unchanged.
A total of Tk 613 crore 95 lakh shares and units were traded in DSE on this day. Shares and units worth Tk 511.43 crore were traded on the previous working day.
On the other hand, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) CSCX increased by 114.53 points to 9,636 points. Overall index CASPI decreased by 183.78 points to 15 thousand 999 points, Sharia index increased by 13.04 points to 1 thousand 53 points and CSE30 index increased by 117.28 points to 12 thousand 236 points.
On the day, shares and units of 206 companies were traded on CSE. Among them, share and unit prices increased in 113 companies, decreased in 71 and remained unchanged in 22.
At the end of the day, shares and units of Tk 15 crore 18 lakh were traded in CSE. Shares and units worth Tk 110 million were traded on the previous working day.