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DSEX index gains 28.4 points as 294 stocks advance in early trading
Dhaka, 7 Jan – The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's premier capital market, experienced an uptrend in trading during the first hour on Sunday.
All three indices of the DSE – DSEX, DSES, and DS30 – posted gains in the initial session of the week.
The benchmark DSEX index rose by 28.4 points to settle at 5,227.25, while the DSES Shariah index increased by 8.76 points to 1,170.35. Besides, the DS30 blue-chip index climbed 3.75 points to 1,937.37.
Trading activity during this period was robust, with shares and units totalling 6.34 crore exchanged through 43,539 transactions. The turnover amounted to Tk 143.1 crore, indicating strong selling pressure in the early session.
A total of 371 companies participated in trading on the day. Among them, the prices of 294 companies advanced, 39 declined and 38 remained unchanged.