A major disruption was observed in the country’s capital market on Thursday. On the last working day of the week, the share prices of most companies participating in trading at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) decreased. As a result of this decline, all indices, including the main index of the DSE, moved downwards. Simultaneously, the transaction volume in the market also decreased significantly. On this day, the lowest value of shares was traded at the DSE in the last 13 working days. A similar negative trend was observed at the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), where the share prices of most institutions decreased.
Analysing the market, it is seen that there was a continuous price fall for the first two days of the week. Although the market recovered slightly on the third day, the downward trend started again from Wednesday. On Thursday morning, although the index was upward at the beginning of trading, it did not last long. Before half an hour of trading had passed, the share prices of most institutions started to fall under selling pressure. At the end of the day, out of 385 institutions participating in the DSE, prices decreased for 307. Prices increased for only 34 institutions, and 44 remained unchanged.
The trading picture according to company type is presented in a table below:
| Company Type | Price Increased | Price Decreased | Price Unchanged |
| Good Quality (10% or more dividend) | 18 | 168 | 28 |
| Medium Quality (Less than 10% dividend) | 6 | 67 | 3 |
| Total (Overall) | 34 | 307 | 44 |
The DSE’s main price index, DSEX, fell by 40 points to settle at 4,927 points. The Shariah index fell by 9 points to 1,024 points, and the DSE-30 index fell by 6 points to stand at 1,891 points. On this day, a total of 364 crore 37 lakh Taka worth of shares were traded at the DSE, which is 41 crore 4 lakh Taka less than the previous day. Simtex Industries was at the top of trading, with shares worth 27 crore 63 lakh Taka changing hands. The next positions were held by BD Thai Food (17 crore 94 lakh Taka) and Shahjibazar Power (12 crore 69 lakh Taka). Market insiders believe that this drought in transactions has appeared due to a crisis of confidence amongst investors and the continuous price fall. Such low turnover has not happened at the DSE since 17 November.