TDS Desk:

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) observed a positive trend in the first hour of trading on Monday morning, despite heightened selling pressure.

Trading data shows that in the opening hour, shares and units totaling 6.06 crore were exchanged through 60,154 transactions, amounting to Tk 174 crore in trades. During this period, a total of 380 companies participated, with the prices of 228 companies rising, 99 declining, and 53 remaining unchanged.

The DSE’s key index, DSEX, rose by 37.48 points, reaching 5,218 points. The DSES Shariah index increased by 7.22 points to 1,154.37 points, and the DS30 blue-chip index climbed by 6.24 points to 1,921.68 points within the first hour of trading.