{"id":73234,"date":"2025-08-16T18:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T18:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73234\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T18:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T18:05:09","slug":"dhaka-stocks-fall-for-second-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73234\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhaka stocks fall for second week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dhaka stocks extended their losing streak for a second consecutive week, as the market declined in the first four trading days before rebounding on the final day.<\/p>\n

Turnover also fell during the week, highlighting reduced investor participation.<\/p>\n

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The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), dropped 57.82 points, or 1.07 percent, to close at 5,350.25, according to DSE data.<\/p>\n

The other indices at the DSE also posted negative performances.<\/p>\n

The DS30, which tracks blue-chip stocks, fell 1.14 percent to 2,073.82, while the DSES, comprising Shariah-compliant companies, edged down 0.62 percent to 1,163.17.<\/p>\n

Turnover, a key indicator of investor activity, stood at Tk 3,445.94 crore, down from Tk 3,645.50 crore the previous week.<\/p>\n

On a daily average, turnover was Tk 689.18 crore, significantly lower than Tk 911.37 crore a week earlier. This marked a 24 percent decline in average daily turnover.<\/p>\n

Stocks of the pharmaceuticals and chemicals sector dominated trading, accounting for 17 percent of the average daily traded value. Banks followed with 14 percent, while textiles accounted for 11.85 percent.<\/p>\n

In terms of sector-wise returns, jute stocks led the gains with a 12 percent rise. Corporate bonds, paper and printing, and tannery industry stocks also posted notable advances.<\/p>\n

Market breadth was negative, with 99 scrips advancing, 274 declining, and 23 remaining unchanged.<\/p>\n

Among individual issues, Standard Ceramics was the top gainer, surging 36 percent, while AIBL 1st Islamic Mutual Fund suffered the steepest fall, losing 14 percent during\u00a0the\u00a0week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dhaka stocks extended their losing streak for a second consecutive week, as the market declined in the first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[64,63,99,171],"class_list":{"0":"post-73234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-markets","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-markets"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}