Stocks fall amid lower trading

Business desk :
Stocks in Bangladesh fell on Wednesday as investors largely stayed away from trading amid the ongoing crisis at home and abroad.
The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), dropped 22 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 6,207 at the end of the day.
Turnover, an important indicator of the market, however, rose to Tk 540 crore, up 26 per cent from the previous session’s Tk 428 crore.
The DS30, the blue-chip index, slipped 0.32 per cent to 2,183 while the DSES, the shariah-compliant index, was down 0.43 per cent to 1,349.
Of the securities, only 20 advanced, 63 declined and 230 did not show any price movement.