The prime indices of Dhaka and Chattogram bourses slid slightly today.

The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), edged down 1 point, or 0.02 per cent, to close at 6,334.

The DS30, the blue-chip index, decreased 0.06 per cent to 2,151 while the DSES, the Shariah-compliant index, went up 0.05 per cent to 1,375.

However, turnover, a key indicator of the market, inched up 1 per cent to Tk 899 crore.

Of the securities, 85 advanced, 108 declined and 175 did not show any price movement.

Fu Wang Food made the highest gain with an increase of 9.9 per cent.

Heidelberg Cement Bangladesh, Progressive Life Insurance, Generation Next Fashions, and Emerald Oil Industries were among the top gainers.

Sonargaon Textiles was the highest loser, shedding 8.6 per cent.

Dacca Dyeing & Manufacturing, Fu-Wang Ceramic Industries, Alltex Industries, and Prime Textile Spinning Mills were also on the list of significant losers.

Fu Wang Food was the most-traded stock on the day with its issues worth Tk 53 crore changing hands.

Lub-rref (Bangladesh), Malek Spinning Mills, Rupali Life Insurance Company, and Olympic Accessories registered significant turnover as well.

Caspi, the all-share price index of the Chittagong Stock Exchange, slipped 6 points, or 0.03 per cent, to close at 18,720.

Of the issues, 50 rose, 95 retreated and 83 did not see any price swing.

Turnover of the port city bourse inched down 1 per cent to Tk 21.22 crore.