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Stocks end flat on profit-taking

Star Business Report
Stocks ended flat yesterday, as investors sold shares to pocket profits from their previous purchase after erosion of hopes over the Padma bridge funding.
DGEN, the benchmark General Index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, finished the day at 4,452.88 points, after gaining 6.01 points or 0.13 percent.
The market started positively as bullish investors made fresh investments to capitalise on the recent uptrend.
As a result, the DGEN went up by 88 points within 20 minutes of the start-up. However, as the session progressed, a selling pressure started to dominate the bourse and weighed on the DGEN.
“The market rallied during the early hours hoping that the extension of tenure for the Padma bridge
loan will have a positive impact, but this uptrend could not be sustained and the index oscillated for the rest of the day," said LankaBangla Securities in its market commentary.
Although short-term interest rate has tanked and foreign exchange reserve has reached a record high, some of the economic variables have started to turn around, it said.
There are some scandalous incidents in the banking sector, but still the sector seems to be fit enough to support a rally, the stockbroker said.
Newly listed companies were pulled down by a heavy sell pressure although most of the losses were recovered by optimistic buying during the late hours, it said.
The investors realised profit and were cautious about the future direction of the market, said IDLC Investments.
Market participation decreased significantly, by 31.11 percent from the previous session, it said.
Turnover lost 31.11 percent to Tk 541 crore, compared to the previous day.
A total of 1.37 lakh trades were executed with 11.28 crore shares and mutual fund units changing hands on the Dhaka bourse.
Most of the key sectors lost in prices. Ceramic lost 2.36 percent, information technology 1.84 percent and telecom 1.24 percent, while the power sector rose 2.01 percent.
Titas Gas featured in the top traded stocks' chart with 59.90 lakh shares worth Tk 50.60 crore changinghands.
Navana CNG was the biggest gainer of the day, as it posted a 9.87 percent rise, while the Seventh ICB Mutual Fund was the worst loser, plunging by 8.98 percent.