Although the trading volume increased slightly on Monday (March 30), the main indices fell at the end of the day on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).
According to market experts, the decline in the index was seen due to the decline in the share prices of most companies.
At the end of the day, the main index of the DSE, DSEX, fell by 41.30 points or 0.78% to 5,230.77 points.
The second index, DSES, fell by 5.03 points or 0.47%. With this, the index fell to 1,61.07 points.
In addition, the DS30 index, which consists of the top 30 companies, fell by 19.05 points or 0.95% to 1,979.34 points.
A total of Tk663.87 crore worth of shares and units were traded on the DSE on that day. The previous working day, Sunday, saw a turnover of Tk646.42 crore.
At the end of the trading, it can be seen that the share prices of 111 companies listed in the market increased, 231 decreased and 51 remained unchanged.
Prime Finance is at the top of the list in terms of price decline. The company's share price has fallen by 9.25% from Tk5.40 to Tk4.90.
FAS Finance is in second place, whose share price has fallen by 8.57% from Tk3.50 to Tk3.20.
Fareast Finance is in third place, whose share price has fallen by 8.33% to Tk3.30.
Apart from this, People's Leasing and BIFC are in fourth and fifth place on the list with a decline of 8.33 and 8.06 percent respectively.
On the other hand, Haqqani Pulp is at the top of the price increase list. The company's share price has increased by 9.92% from Tk80.60 to Tk88.60.
In the second place is Intech, whose share price has increased by 9.41% from Tk39.30 to Tk43.
The units of IFIC First Mutual Fund, which is in the third place, have increased by 7.69% from Tk3.90 to Tk4.20.
In addition, Information Services and Apex Tannery have made it to the list by increasing their prices by 5.93% and 5.55% respectively.
Overall, the index has seen a negative trend as most companies' share prices have decreased in the day's trading, although the trading volume has increased slightly.
