On the first working day after the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, there was a big fall in the country’s stock market. On Tuesday, the country’s main market Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) index fell by 69 points. Another market Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) index fell by 75 points. The price and market capitalization of most companies fell with the index.
A market analysis showed that the trading on DSE started with a decline in share and unit prices of most of the companies. As a result, the index becomes negative at the beginning of trading. However, mutual funds show strength in increasing the price in the middle of the transaction. That trend continues until the end of the transaction. While mutual funds have shown strength in terms of rising prices, companies in various sectors have gone in the opposite direction. The share prices of most of the companies continued to decline till the close of trading. Even at the end of the transaction, the decline level increases. As a result, despite the increase in the prices of all the mutual funds, the day’s trading ended with a big fall.
At the end of the day’s trading, the shares and units of 121 companies have entered the list of price increase in all sectors in DSE. On the contrary, the price of 243 has decreased. And 27 remain unchanged. The main index of DSE, DSEX, fell by 69 points to 5,284 points compared to the previous day as the share prices of most companies fell. The market capital decreased by 9 thousand 82 crore 73 lakh 81 thousand taka in one day.
The volume of transactions on DSE increased slightly despite the fall in prices. 492 crore 47 lakh taka was traded in the market. 460 crore 30 lakh taka was traded on the previous working day. Accordingly, the transaction has increased by Tk 32 crore 17 lakh compared to the previous working day.
Shares of Acme Pesticides have played the biggest role in this transaction. The shares of the company have been traded for Tk 18 crore 38 lakh. The shares of BRAC Bank, which is in the second place, were traded at Tk 17.8 million. Robi is in the third place with share transactions of Tk 15 crore 66 lakh.
Other Capital Markets CSE’s overall price index CASPI fell by 75 points. 79 of the 167 firms participating in the market rose in price. In contrast, 65 decreased and 23 remained unchanged. The transaction was 18 crore 79 lakh taka. 4 crore 92 lakh was traded on the previous working day.
