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Stock market sees highest single day fall in points

STAR Business Report
Dhaka stock market witnessed a record fall in price indices yesterday after the regulators and exchange authorities simultaneously expressed concerns over the current market.
The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), General Index, went down by 93.07 points, or 2.98 percent, to 3025.69 points. It was the highest points drop on a single day over the last three years.
The DSE All Share Price Index also went down by 75.8 points, or 2.86 percent, to 2567.02 points.
At a meeting on Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) directed the DSE and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) to strictly monitor the market. The commission also asked the exchange authorities to take actions if
unauthorised activities took place in the market.
Earlier in the week SEC chairman, Faruq Ahmad Siddiqi, described the market as "unusual" and that shares in some sectors were overpriced.
Market experts said the investors panicked and sold their shares. The investors speculated (hat the market may witness continuous corrections in the coming days and it would be better to incur a little loss now than to face massive losses in the coming days, they said.
Some experts said price corrections were needed to cool down the overpriced market.
The losers outnumbered the gainers throughout the day. Of all the issues traded, only 18 advanced, while 215 declined and four remained unchanged.
A total of 2,81,36,379 shares
worth Tk 361.22 crore changed hands on the premier bourse.
Like the prime bourse, the price indices on the CSE also went down yesterday with the losers outnumbering the gain ers.
The CSE Selective Categories Index went down by 143.88 points, or 2.4 percent, to 5846.45 points, while the CSE All Share Price Index went down by 212.69 points, or 2.29 percent, to 9041.61 points.
Of the issued traded, only 17 advanced and 128 declined with two unchanged.
A total of 58,82,991 shares worth Tk 55.9 crore changed hands on the port city bourse.
Meanwhile, as part of the SEC's initiatives to cool down the overpriced market, the commission sits with merchant bankers today to discuss the overall liquidity in the market.