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Greenwatch Desk
Stocks
2026-01-12, 1:08pm
Bangladesh’s stock market saw a mild downturn in the first half of trading on Monday, with indices at both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) slipping amid mixed investor participation.
During the first half of the second trading day of the week, the DSE’s benchmark index DSEX shed 5 points.
The Shariah-based DSES index fell by 2 points, while the blue-chip DS30 index declined by 3 points.
At the DSE, prices of 175 companies dropped against gains by 120 companies, while shares of 94 companies remained unchanged.
The turnover in the first half crossed Tk 150 crore.
The market also remained bearish at the CSE. Its overall index, CASPI, lost 13 points during the same period.
At the port city bourse, prices of 42 companies declined against advances by 28 companies, while shares of six companies stayed unchanged, reports UNB.
The turnover at the CSE in the first half exceeded Tk 4 crore.