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Stocks dive as investor spirits run low

Star Business Report
Stocks lost 3.08 percent as no measures were taken by the regulator and market stakeholders at an emergency meeting yesterday to boost investors' confidence.
The benchmark General Index of Dhaka Stock Exchange closed at 4,153.96 points, after falling 132.14 points.
The yardstick gained 2.46 percent on Monday buoyed by hopes that positive measures would emerge from the meeting between the Securities and Exchange Commission and market stakeholders at the SEC office.
"We identified some problems of market like negative rumours, credit crisis, lack of institutional investors, high interest rate on deposit, and low confidence of investors. Identified problems gave rise to the recent downtrend,” said Shakil Rizvi, president of DSE.
The meeting participants discussed ways to strengthen the corporate finance department of bourses as atendencyof declaring negative earnings per share has been identified by the regulator.
Market analysts said most investors expected positive measures from the meeting.
Investors went for huge selling of shares in the trading hour as the regulator and stakeholders did not take any specific measure to bring back normalcy to the market, the analysts said.
Turnover declined 0.4 percent, compared to the previous day. A total of 0.90 lakh trades were executed, generating Tk 225 crore in turnover with 5.38 crore shares and mutual fund units changing hands on the Dhaka bourse.
Among the major sectors, nonbank financial institutions lost 4.74 percent, while the power sector lost 3.53 percent Pharmaceuticals and banks lostmorethan2.5peicenteach.
Grameenphone, which represents the telecoms sector, lost 1.27 percent.
Of the total 259 issues traded on the DSE, 21 advanced and 236 declined and two securities remained unchanged.
Grameenphone topped the turnover leader with 7.24 lakh shares worth Tk 11.49 crore changing hands.
Chittagong Stock Exchange declined yesterday with the Selective Categories Index losing 190.09 points, to end the day at 7,809.43.
Losers beat gainers 150 to 26 with six securities remaining unchanged on the port city bourse that traded98.95 lakh shares with a turnover ofTk37.56crore.