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DHAKA: Bangladesh’s stock market closed lower on Sunday, the first trading day after a five-day holiday, as trading turnover declined on both the Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges. However, gains in banking stocks helped limit the overall market decline.
The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), fell 18 points to 5,432.
Among the other indices, the DSE Shariah Index dropped nine points to 1,060, while the DSE-30 index slipped one point to 2,101.
Turnover on the DSE stood at Tk430.72 crore, down from Tk502.63 crore in the previous session.
Shares and mutual fund units of 385 companies and funds were traded on the day. Of them, prices of 64 advanced, 283 declined and 38 remained unchanged.
The most actively traded securities included BRAC Bank, City Bank, Matin Spinning, Prime Bank, Asiatic Laboratories, Sonali Aansh, Beximco Pharmaceuticals, Square Pharmaceuticals, Eastern Bank and Far Chemical.
On the Chattogram Stock Exchange (CSE), the CASPI, the all-share price index, fell 22 points to 14,581.
Of the 163 companies traded on the CSE, prices of 59 advanced, 86 declined and 18 remained unchanged.
Turnover on the CSE amounted to Tk16.12 crore, compared with Tk21.17 crore in the previous session, marking a decline of about Tk5.05 crore.