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Price fall in large-cap drives stocks down

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Business Report :

Country’s both the bourses– Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – on Wednesday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities.

DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 41.45 points or 0.72 percent to 5,736.51. The DSE 30 Index, comprising blue chips, plunged 14.41 points to finish at 2,095.05. But the DSE Shariah Index (DSES) closed the day with 5.07 points up at 1,293.20.

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Turnover, a crucial indicator of the market, increased to Taka 7,969.31 million, which was Taka 7,186.30 million at the previous session of the week.

Out of 397 issues traded, 355 declined, 28 advanced and 14 remained unchanged on the DSE trading floor.

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