Business Report :
Country’s both the bourses– Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)– on Monday plunged further due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities.
DSEX, the broad index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, declined by 14.9 points and settled at 5,167 points as against 5,182 points in the previous trading session.
Meanwhile, trading activities remained stagnant with market turnover in DSE falling further by 5.0 percent to Taka 2.8 billion as against Taka 2.9 billion in the previous session.
On the sectoral front, Textile (15.6 percent) issues exerted the highest turnover, followed by Pharma (14.7 percent) and Bank (13.7 percent) sectors, reports BSS.
Most of the sectors displayed dismal returns, out of which Paper (-1.2 percent), IT (-0.6 percent) and Mutual Fund (-0.5 percent) exerted the most correction while Services (0.9 percent), Jute (0.2 percent) and Telecom (0.2 percent) exhibited marginal gains on the bourse on Monday.
Out of the 397 issues traded, 126 advanced, 177 declined and 94 remained unchanged.
The port city bourse, CSE, also settled on red terrain. The selected indices (CSCX) and All Share Price Index (CASPI) were declined by 44.4 and 66.9 points, respectively.
