Bangladesh ranks 6th in the world in terms of capital market index growth

 Bangladesh ranks 6th in the world in terms of capital market index growth epidemic of coronavirus in the list of indicators of growth in the world capital market, but the only exception is in the capital markets. Significant progress has been made in the capital markets of different countries of the world as well as in the capital markets of Bangladesh.

Among the coronaviruses, the overall index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) DSEX has increased by 63 percent. As a result, the capital market of Bangladesh has risen to the 6th position. During this period, the index of Thailand, India, United States, Sri Lanka and Germany has increased more than Bangladesh. Statistics from Bloomberg and Investing.com show that among the coronaviruses, the Thai capital market has risen the most in the global capital market. The country's SET index rose 124 percent. This is followed by India's Sensex.

The Sensex has risen 109 percent during this period. The US Dow Jones index added 93 percentage points during the period. At the same time, Sri Lanka's CSEL and Germany's DAX index rose 91 and 6 percent, respectively. The DSEX, the main index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the main capital market of Bangladesh, ranks 6th in the list of indicators of growth in the global capital market. The index rose 63 percent during the period.

Pakistan's KSE 100 index has grown by 75 percent this time. Japan's Nikkei 224 index, China's Shenzhen Composite index 55, China's FTSE index 43, China's Shanghai Composite index 30, Malaysia's FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI index increased 21 percent and Hong Kong's this year compared to last year's lowest position. A review of the overall price-to-earnings ratio (PE ratio) of capital markets in several countries of the world shows that the PE ratio of the Sensex in India is the highest at 30.36.

The PE ratio is followed by Thailand's SET at 28.02, US's Dow Jones at 23.91, Vietnam's VN Index at 17.8, Bangladesh's DSEX at 15.6, Hong Kong's Hang Seng's 11.38, Pakistan's KSE 100's and CSE's 100's. Decimal zero 9. Although the overall PE ratio of the capital market in Bangladesh is still in an attractive position for investment, shares of several sectors have already become overvalued. Among them, the PE ratio of jute sector is 713.3, that of paper and printing sector is 59.1, that of leather sector is 6.1 and that of travel and leisure sector is 72.2. Apart from this, the PE ratio of all other sectors is below 40. The market review shows that on March 17 last year, the lowest position of DSEX was 3,604 points. From there, the index rose to 7,598 points last Thursday.

On March 17 last year, the market capitalization of DSE was 2 lakh 8 thousand 372 crore. Last Thursday, the market capitalization of the exchange stood at 5 lakh 44 thousand 328 crore. At this time themarket.t capitalization has increased to 2 lakh 57 thousand 943 crore.