DHAKA, July 9, 2026 (BSS) - The country's capital market today returned to 
positive territory in the week's final trading session after two consecutive 
days of losses, buoyed by renewed investor confidence following the Prime 
Minister's recent remarks on capital market development and expectations of 
revisions to margin loan guidelines.

The benchmark DSEX of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) gained 33.8 points, or 
about 0.6 percent, to close at 5,804, recovering from the previous session's 
close of 5,770.

Trading began on a strong note, although early profit-taking briefly slowed 
the market's momentum. Persistent buying interest later absorbed the selling 
pressure, leading to broad-based gains across listed securities.

Turnover also improved significantly, rising 23.6 percent to Taka 14.3 
billion, compared with Taka 11.6 billion in the previous session.

Among sectors, Textile dominated trading with 15.9 percent of total turnover, 
followed by General Insurance at 15.8 percent and Pharmaceuticals at 8.7 
percent.

Sector-wise, Jute posted the highest gain with a 5.5 percent rise, followed 
by Paper (4.5 percent) and General Insurance (3.1 percent). In contrast, only 
Mutual Funds (-0.7 percent) and Telecommunications (-0.3 percent) ended the 
day in negative territory.

Market breadth remained positive, with 212 issues advancing, 113 declining, 
and 71 remaining unchanged out of 396 traded securities.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also finished higher, with the CSCX 
gaining 11.7 points and the CASPI rising 29.6 points.