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Stocks fall on profit-taking

Star Business Report
Following a seven-day gain, Dhaka stocks declined yesterday on profit booking selling pressure in the banking sector.
The DSE General Index, benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, fell 20.49 points, or 0.46 percent to 4.403.52.
The investors indulged in profit taking in the banking sector, according to a market analysis of BRAC-EPL, an investment firm.
After gaining for three consecutive sessions, the banking sector slid by 1.85 percent. Almost all the banks lost, except Rupali Bank and Bank Asia.
The broader DSE /\ll Share Price
Index also declined 13.21 points, or 0.35 percent to 3.659.34. Like bank shares, mutual funds and telecommunication sector were in the red.
The non-bank financial institutions, fuel and power, pharmaceuticals and insurance companies, however, finished up.
Losers beat advancers 125 to 103 with eight securities remained unchanged. A total of 2,83,19,0/5 shares and mutual fund units worth 1 k 1,033.66 crore were traded on the premierbourse.
AB Bank topped the turnover leaders with 5,63.055 shares worth Tk 60.80 crore being traded.
City General Insurance was the largest gainer that rose 8.72 percent, while CMC Kamal was the biggest loser declining 5.19 percent on the DSE.
Chittagong stocks also marked a
decline yesterday. The CSE Selective Categories Index slipped 50.54 points, or 0.6 percent to 8,277.43. The CSE All Share Price Index fell 61.64 points, or 0.47 percent to 12.853.59.
A total of 35,18,024 shares and mutual fund units worth Tk 76.57 crore changed hands on the port city bourse. Of the traded securities, 81 advanced, 83 declined and one remained unchanged.
Grameenphone lopped the turnover leaders with 2,64,600 shares worth Tk 4.61 crore being traded on the Chittagong Stock Exchange.
Quasem Drycells, which advanced 19.96 percent, was the biggest gainer, while 8th 1CB Mutual Fund, which declined 14.88 percent, was the biggest loser.