Highest trading in 10 months 

The fourth working day of the week on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chattogram Stock Exchange (CSE) ended with a big rise in the indices on Wednesday (July 23).

On this day, the trading volume increased on the DSE and CSE compared to the previous working day. 

At the same time, the prices of shares and mutual fund units of most companies participating in trading on the DSE and CSE increased.

Investors’ confidence in the capital market has started to increase ahead of the upcoming national election. As a result, the capital market has been on a positive trend for some time. 

Of these, the last 8 working days have seen a continuous rise in the capital market. 

According to DSE and CSE sources, at the end of the day, the main index of DSE, DSEX, increased by 93.37 points from the previous day to stand at 5,363 points. 

The DSE Shariah Index increased by 16.80 points to 1,178 points and the DS30 Index increased by 56.31 points to stand at 2,086 points. A total of 399 companies’ shares and units were traded on the DSE. 

Of these, the share and unit prices of 218 companies increased, 102 decreased and 79 remained unchanged. 

A total of 253 companies’ shares and units were traded on the CSE. Of these, 148 companies’ shares and units increased, 80 decreased, and 25 remained unchanged. 
 

The volume of trading in the capital market has also increased. 

On Wednesday, about a thousand crore taka was traded on the DSE, which is the highest in about 10 months. Earlier, on September 2 last year, the DSE traded 1 thousand 65 crore taka.