The Bangladeshi government on Sunday hiked consumer prices for octane, petrol and kerosene, marking the second increase in about six weeks.
All except diesel have been increased by five taka each, according to the country's Energy and Mineral Resources Division, which issued a notification on Sunday setting the new rates, effective Monday.
According to the new rates, octane now costs 145 taka per liter, petrol 140 taka, and kerosene 135 taka, while diesel will remain unchanged at 115 taka.
The division said the prices were revised in line with global fuel oil market fluctuations.
Bangladesh hikes fuel prices again
U.S. stocks ended higher and key indexes refreshed new record highs on Monday, fueled by a product announcement from Nvidia.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.09 percent to 51,078.88. The Standard and Poor's 500 added 0.26 percent to 7,599.96. The Nasdaq Composite Index increased by 0.42 percent to 27,086.81.
Nine of the 11 primary Standard and Poor's 500 sectors ended in the red, with utilities and consumer discretionary leading the laggards by losing 3.05 percent and 2.62 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, technology and energy led the gainers by adding 2.48 percent and 1.86 percent, respectively.
The session's momentum was driven by semiconductor giant Nvidia, whose shares jumped more than 6 percent after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang officially unveiled "RTX Spark," an Arm-based consumer superchip engineered to power local agentic artificial intelligence (AI) applications directly on personal computers.
The announcement triggered significant structural movements across the hardware ecosystem. Dell Technologies and HP, both confirmed as primary launch partners for upcoming Windows-based AI laptops alongside Microsoft's newly teased Surface Laptop Ultra, surged 10.7 percent and 8.51 percent, respectively. Conversely, legacy processor giant Intel saw its shares slide over 4 percent.
For this week, investor focus has rapidly turned toward Friday's upcoming nonfarm payrolls report. Wall Street analysts expect the comprehensive employment update to provide critical clarity on current labor market tightness and heavily influence whether the central bank will maintain its current interest rate trajectory through the upcoming summer policy meetings.
U.S. stocks close higher as Nvidia surges
