In the past week, the stock market experienced significant declines, with a drop in prices on two out of five trading days, leading to a total market capitalization decrease of nearly BDT 10,000 crore. The main index fell by approximately 100 points, while only 40 companies saw an increase in their share prices compared to 349 that experienced declines. This marked the seventh week of trading under the interim government, with six of those weeks recording more companies with falling prices than rising. The DSE’s market capitalization at the end of the week was BDT 685,621 crore, down from BDT 695,571 crore the previous week. The DSEX index dropped by 96.14 points, or 1.68%, totaling a decline of 284 points since the interim government’s assumption of power. Additionally, the DSE-30 index, which consists of selected companies, fell by 41.51 points, or 1.97%. In contrast, the Shariah index rose by 4.13 points, or 0.33%. Average daily trading volume increased to BDT 679.30 crore from BDT 613.08 crore, with BRAC Bank shares leading in trading volume at BDT 48.39 crore daily, representing 7.12% of total transactions.
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