The market moved between negative and positive throughout the entire session amid narrow band, making intraday volatility 20 points.
The benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, saw a fractional loss of 0.6 points to 4,534.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, lost only over 4 points to 1,736.
The DSE Shariah Index, DSES, inched around 2 points down to 1,101.
However, the Chittagong Stock Exchange Selective Category Index CSCX rose over 2 points to 8,475.
Trading activities continued to shrink ahead of Eid ul-Azha as the DSE turnover stood at Tk410 crore, down 12% over the previous session.
IT sector was the worst loser, shedding more than 2%. Jute came second with a drop of around 2%, followed by mutual funds, and paper & printing.
Bank, telecommunications, ceramics, tannery and pharmaceuticals closed marginally lower.
On the other hand, general insurance sector shone on the day, gaining over 4%. Most other sectors, including power, cement, engineering, non-banking financial institutions and food & allied, ended marginally higher.
Of the total 323 companies traded, 148 ended up and 126 down while 49 remained unchanged.
MJL was the most-traded share for the fourth straight day with a turnover worth around Tk15 crore.
It was followed by National Tubes, BSRM Limited, FAR Chemical, Shahjibazar Power Company Limited and Al-haj Textile.
Savar Refractory was the biggest loser falling over 9%, followed by Modern Dyeing (8.5%), Samata Leather Complex (6%), Zeal Bangla Sugar Mills (4.4%), Kohinoor Chemical Chemicals Company (4.4%), Hakkani Pulp and Paper (4.4%) and Mithun Knitting (3.7%).
FAR Chemical was the best performer rising about 10%, followed by Mercantile Insurance (9.8%), Continental Insurance (9.3%), Agrani Insurance (8.3%), Global Insurance (8%), Northern Insurance (7.3%) and Federal Insurance (7%).
Thursday, June 04, 2026
