Dhaka, June 30 -- Trading on both stock exchanges in Bangladesh -- the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- began on a downward trend on Monday, the second working day of the week, with most company share prices witnessing a decline.

During the first hour of trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange, the benchmark index DSEX dropped by 19 points.

The other two indices also posted losses -- Shariah-based DSES fell by 5 points, while the blue-chip DS30 index shed 9 points.

At the start of the session, the prices of most companies declined. Out of all traded securities, share prices increased for only 77 companies, while 244 saw a fall, and 65 remained unchanged.

Within the first hour, the DSE recorded share an...