The index’s 12.50% month-on-month gain ranked it third among major global market performers, behind only Vietnam’s VN30 (+13.93%) and Thailand’s SET (+12.54%).

Over the week, four out of five trading sessions closed in the red. By the end of the week, the prime index, DSEX, fell by 35 points to 5,408.

However, Trump just gave investors two reasons to worry about another market crash: He recently reinstated modified versions of the severe tariffs announced earlier this year, and he fired the Bureau ...