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Confidence deficit weighs on stocks

Star Business Report
Investors continue to remain unconvinced of market prospects, depressing the market further yesterday.
DGEN, the market tracking index of DSE, fell 127.67 points or 2.99 percent to 4,145 points, the lowest since February9,2012.
“Investors are sceptical of the government's ability to build the 'Padma Multipurpose Bridge' with its own fund as it would aggravate the current liquidity scarcity,” IDLC Investments
said in its market research.
In addition, investors' wait-and-watch policy over the 'Monetary Policy Statement' and risk-aversion attitude has contributed to the market sell-off, it said.
“Investors are looking for a miracle to get them out of the down trend,” LankaBangla Securities said in its market commentary.
Turnover was Tk 164 crore, a rise of 42.25 percent from the previous day.
A total of 0.61 lakh trades were executed, with 4.04 crore shares and
mutual fund units changing hands on the Dhaka bourse.
Of the 269 issues that traded on the DSE, 20 advanced, 241 declined and 8 remained unchanged.
All major sectors fell, led by nonbank financial institutions at 5.21 percent, engineering 4.51 percent, textile 4.17 percent and general insurance 3.89 percent.
Fuel and power lost 3.34 percent, pharmaceuticals 2.35 percent and life insurance2.27 percent.
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Grameenphone was the most traded stock of the day, having 6.32 lakh shares worth Tk 12.47 crore changing hands.
Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company and Meghna Petroleum were the next most popular stocks.
MBL First Mutual Fund featured in the top ten gainers chart, having gained by 6.55 percent.
Anwar Galvanizing, having fallen by 9.94 percent, was the worst loser of the day.