Trading is going on in the capital market with the index falling

Economy Desk: On the first working day of the week, Sunday (April 21), the country's main stock market, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), and another stock market, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), are trading with lower indices.  

Half an hour after the start of trading on this day, i.e. at 10:30 am, the general index of DSE, DSEX, fell by 19 points compared to the previous day at 5,667 points. DSE's Shariah index fell by 3 points and DSE-30 index by 7 points to 1242 and 1976 points respectively. Shares and mutual fund units worth Tk 79.67 million have been traded during this period.

Among the companies traded at this time on Sunday, the prices of 69 companies increased, 223 companies decreased and 54 companies' shares remained unchanged.

The top 10 companies traded till 10:30 am today are Golden Son, Asiatic Laboratories, Salvo Chemical, Best Holding, Lavello Ice Cream, Central Pharma, Fuwang Ceramic, Malek Spinning, Shinepukur Ceramic and Alif Industries.

Earlier, the DSEX index increased by 11 points in the first 5 minutes of trading on Sunday. At 10:10 AM, the index fell by 2 points from its previous position. After that the speed of the index is seen downwards. 20 minutes after the start of trading, i.e. at 10:20 am, the index fell by 6 points to 5,680 points from the previous day.

On the other hand, the CASPI index of Chittagong Stock Exchange decreased by 4 points to 16 thousand 240 points at 10:30 am after half an hour of trading. After that the speed of the index is seen upward.

Till 10:30 am on this day, 71 lakh shares and mutual fund units were traded in CSE. During this period, the share price of 9 companies increased, 20 decreased and 7 companies remained unchanged.