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Stocks pass bearish week

Star Business Report
Dhaka stocks witnessed a downtrend last week with most investors remaining can tious, driven by a mix of reasons, including uncertainty over die upcoming national election.
The benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSE General Index, fell 60.91 points, or 2.28 percent week-on-week to 2,615.92 points. Hie DSE All Share Price Index also dropped 55.73 points, 2.51 percent, to 2,161.99 points on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.
Insiders said the market had witnessed limited participation of the investors, shaken by multiple negative factors.
The market was shaken by a prolonged bearish spell during the last session of die week, as the investors were worried about the uncertainty over die national election, they said.
An official of a merchant bank cited several reasons behind the current bearish trend in the market He said the outflow of funds continued.
"Upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, the financial institutions’ year-end book-closures and the imminent national election are also other reasons behind the present erratic behaviour in die market," he said.
The merchant banker however said die market has the potential to rise, as uncertainty over die election seems to be easing.
Last week, the market started with a huge fall of 40 points that continued to the end of the week.
To pull the market out of die bearish spell, the Securities and Exchange Commission increased the margin loan ratio to 1:1.5, but the move failed to generate the expected effect on the stock market.
Both total and daily average turnover fell last week by 9.81 percent. The total turnover on the DSE was Tk 941.27 crore against Tk
1,043.64 crore die previous week. The daily average turnover was I k 188.25 crore against Tk 208.72 crore.
Most securities traded throughout the week marked a decline. Of the 234 traded issues, only 34 advanced, 196 declined and four remained unchanged.
A total of 7,30,72,592 shares were transacted last week against 8,25,34,393 shares a week ago.
The total market capitalisation declined by 0.67 percent to I k 95,909.86 crore from I k 96,552.87 crore the previous week.
Beximco Pharma continued to top the turnover leaders with 74,83,200 traded shares worth Tk 105.86 crore, which accounted for 11.25 percent of the week's total market turnover on the premier bourse.
The other turnover leaders were Beximco, Uttara Bank, ACI, Titas Gas, Grameen Mutual Fund One: Scheme T\vo, Dutch Bangla Bank, LankaBangla Finance, Brae Bank and Square Pharma.
Chittagong stocks also declined. The CSE Selective Categories Index declined 0 33 percent to 5,267.99 points. The CSE All Share Price Index slid 0.66 points to 8,088.36 points.
.A total of 1,83,75,227 shares worth Ik 163.98 crore changed hands on Chittagong Stock Exchange last week.
Of the 171 traded issues on the port city bourse, 29 advanced, 131 declined and nine remained unchanged.
Beximco Pharma topped the turnover leaders on the CSE with 20,90,281 traded shares worth Tk 29.67 crore. The other turnover leaders were Beximco, Grameen Mutual Fund One: Scheme TWo, Titas Gas, AB Bank, AIMS First Mutual Fund, Uttara Bank, Bextex, ICB 2nd NRB Mutual Fund and LankaBangla Finance.
On Tuesday, ACI Formulations and Shinepukur Ceramics made their debut trading under the direct listing regulations.