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DSE stocks down, CSE up

StaR Business Report
Although Dhaka stocks closed slightly lower yesterday, an uncertainty about participation of all political parties in the national elections cast a shadow on the market.
According to market insiders, such uncertainty prompted retail investors to rush for panicky sale of shares. At the beginning of trading, the market lost about 60 points with all the traded securities in the red.
However in the second half of the trading hours, the market recovered from the losses with a buying support from the institutional investors.
Later, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSE General Index (DGEN), closed 9.92 points, or 0.37 percent lower to 2615.92 points.
The caretaker government on Wednesday night said that it had failed to reach a consensus with BNP-led 4-party alliance on the question of polls deferment. The government also declared that the ninth parliamentary
election would take place on December 18, as scheduled.
Not only the Investors, but also the common people arc expecting a tree and fair election on time with the participation from all political parties, said Mahmudul Bari, deputy general manager, merchant banking division of IDLC Finance. "If it is happened, the market will be stable," hesaid.
Along with the DGEN, the DSE All Share Price also lost 8.8 points, or 0.4 percent to 2161.99 points.
Majority of the securities traded down on the premier bourse. Of the 229 traded issues, 87 advanced, 131 declined and 11 remained unchanged.
A total of 1,59,89,967 shares worth Tk 201.24 changed hands on the DSE. Market capitalisation came down toTk 95,909.86 crore from the previous day's Tk 96,205.36 crore.
Beximco Pharma topped the turnover leaders with 19,02,350 traded shares worth Tk 24.49 crore. The other turnover leaders were Uttara Bank,
Beximco, Titas Gas, Dutch-Bangla Bank, ACI, 1CB 2nd NRB Mutual Fund, Summit Power, Grameen Mutual Fund One; Scheme 2 and LankaBangla Finance.
Chittagong stocks however marked a slight rise yesterday. The CSE Selective Categories Index marginally rose 8.08 points, or 0.15 percent to 5267.99 points. The CSE All Share Price Index slightly gained 9.39 points, or 0.11 percent to 8088.36 points.
A total of 39,10,977 shares worth Tk 34.11 crore changed hands on the Chittagong Stock Exchange. Of the 121 securities traded on the port city bourse, 50 advanced, 63 declined and eight remained unchanged.
Beximco Pharma topped the turnover leaders on the CSE with 4,98,100 traded shares word) I k 6.46 crore. The other turnover leaders were Beximco, ICB 2nd NRB Mutual Fund, Uttara Bank, AIMS 1st Mutual Fund, Bextex, Grameen Mutual Fund One: Scheme 2, Titas Gas, AB Bank and Dutch-Bangla Bank.