The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country’s primary stock market, experienced mixed trends in its indices on Thursday, the last trading day of the week, despite a majority of shares seeing price increases. Meanwhile, the volume of transactions on the DSE declined compared to the previous day. In contrast, the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), the country’s secondary market, recorded gains in both indices and trading volume.

Throughout the day, the DSE saw fluctuations, and by the end of the session, the DSEX index had risen by 9.11 points (0.17%) to close at 5,179.17. The DSES (Shariah) index gained 0.56 points (0.04%) to settle at 1,147.79, while the DS30 index dropped by 1.33 points (0.06%) to close at 1,912.90. The total transaction value at the DSE stood at BDT 4.29 billion, down from the previous session’s BDT 4.71 billion, reflecting a decrease of BDT 415 million. A total of 19.43 million shares were exchanged across 147,204 trades. Among 395 listed securities, 195 advanced, 147 declined, and 53 remained unchanged.

Eastern Housing Limited led the trading in terms of transaction value, recording BDT 1.33 billion, followed by Beach Hatchery Limited at BDT 1 billion and Orion Infusions Limited at BDT 911 million. Other top-traded stocks included Khan Brothers PP Woven Bag Industries Limited (BDT 881 million), Khulna Printing & Packaging Limited (BDT 815 million), Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BDT 765 million), Central Pharmaceuticals Limited (BDT 718 million), Simtex Industries Limited (BDT 652 million), Agni Systems Limited (BDT 596 million), and Queen South Textile Limited (BDT 591 million).

In terms of price appreciation, Eastern Housing Limited saw the highest gain of 9.91%, followed by Square Knit Composite Limited (9.80%), Bangladesh Finance Limited (9.73%), Energypac Power Generation Limited (9.54%), Hamid Fabrics Limited (9.27%), Alif Manufacturing Company Limited (8.97%), Kattali Textile Limited (8.73%), SS Steel Limited (6.81%), EXIM Bank First Mutual Fund (6.66%), and Simtex Industries Limited (5.97%).

On the other hand, the CSE’s CSECX index climbed by 42.33 points (0.48%) to reach 8,803.01, while the CASPI index rose by 70.06 points (0.48%) to close at 14,512.23. A total of 199 securities were traded on the CSE, with 110 gaining, 58 losing, and 31 remaining unchanged. The CSE recorded a transaction volume of BDT 968 million, significantly higher than the previous session’s BDT 518 million.

ACI Limited led the trading at the CSE with transactions worth BDT 647 million, followed by Taofika Foods & Lovello Ice Cream PLC (BDT 25 million), SS Steel Limited (BDT 22 million), Pragati Insurance Limited (BDT 16 million), Robi Axiata PLC (BDT 15 million), Dragon Sweater & Spinning Mills Limited (BDT 12 million), Confidence Cement Mills Limited (BDT 12 million), Khulna Printing & Packaging Limited (BDT 10 million), Energypac Power Generation Limited (BDT 9 million), and Rupali Life Insurance Limited (BDT 8million).