Bangladesh’s stock market extended its recent rally on Monday, with the benchmark Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) index briefly touching the 5,800-point mark for the first time in 22 months before ending just below the level as sustained buying absorbed mid-session profit-taking despite lower trading turnover.
The broad-based DSEX rose 0.21 per cent to close at 5,799.5. The blue-chip DS30 index gained 1.2 points to 2,193, while the DSE Shariah Index (DSES) advanced 8.7 points to 1,350, reflecting broad-based strength.
EBL Securities Research wrote in their post-closing market commentary that the market opened strongly, with the benchmark crossing the 5,800-point level in early trading as investors accumulated shares on expectations of a stronger market outlook.
Profit-taking later pared the gains, but renewed buying towards the close left the index just shy of the psychological milestone.
The benchmark last crossed the 5,800 level during intraday trading on 25 September 2025, extending the market’s recent recovery.
Trading activity moderated from the previous session. Turnover on the DSE fell 7.4 per cent to Tk1,417 crore, while trading volume declined 2.5 per cent to 448 million shares.
Market capitalisation increased by Tk2,160 crore to Tk7.02 lakh crore.
Textiles remained the biggest contributor to turnover, accounting for 17.4 per cent, followed by pharmaceuticals and chemicals with 12.4 per cent and engineering with 9.6 per cent.
Services and real estate led sectoral gains, rising 2.6 per cent, followed by travel and leisure with 1.7 per cent and cement with 1.5 per cent. Jute was the worst-performing sector, falling 1.0 per cent, while miscellaneous and paper and printing declined 0.7 per cent and 0.4 per cent respectively.
Market breadth remained positive, with 164 of the 396 traded issues advancing, 152 declining and 80 remaining unchanged.
Malek Spinning Mills topped the turnover chart with Tk45 crore worth of shares traded, followed by Asiatic Laboratories, Beximco, Summit Alliance Port and Dragon Sweater.
Zeal Bangla Sugar Mills was the day’s top gainer, climbing 9.90 per cent, followed by Dragon Sweater and Sea Pearl Beach Resort. BIFC was the biggest loser, shedding 8.51 per cent, while Premier Leasing & Finance and GSP Finance fell 7.69 per cent and 7.50 per cent respectively.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange also ended higher. The CSCX index gained 42.9 points and the CASPI advanced 73.6 points, although turnover plunged 75.2 per cent to Tk16.6 crore.
