Dhaka stocks continued to fall yesterday with the single-day turnover touching the highest-ever level ofTk 652.51 crore.

The turnover, which hit its previous highest at Tk 647.97 crore on March 19, was dominated by fuel and power sector, more specifically Titas Gas that contributed almost 46 percent of the total turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange.

A total of 55,87,100 Titas shares worth Tk 298.81 crore were traded on the premier bourse. The other turnover leaders were Summit Power, Beximco, Eastern Housing, Desco, S Alam Cold Rolled Steels, Summit Alliance Port, AB Bank. Social Investment Bank and Beximco Pharma.

" On permission from Titas Gas, we sold some 50 lakh Titas shares on Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges at an average rate of Tk 530," said Iftikhar-Uz-Zaman, general manager of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh, the selling agent ofTitas.

"Investors' interests were high for Titas shares, considered as a fundamental security," he said.

The benchmark index of the prime bourse, DSE General Index, declined by 30.03 points, or 1.18 percent to 2,509.13. The DSE All Share Price Index skidded 24.61 points, or 1.16 percent to 2,085.42.

The decliners beat the advancers by 179 to 48. Thirteen scrips remained unchanged. A total of 2,32,32,818 shares were traded on the DSE.

Chittagong stocks also recorded a fall. The CSE Selective Categories Index dropped 81.37 points, or 1.52 percent to 5,245.29. The CSE All Share Price Index fell 123.68 points, or 1.5 percent to 8,081.41.

A total of 45,94,562 shares worth Tk 98.31 crore changed hands on the port city bourse. Of the traded securities, 15 advanced, 124 declined and four remained unchanged.

Titas Gas topped the turnover leaders on the CSE with Tk 52.04 crore in 9,50,400 shares being traded.