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Stocks fall on profit-taking

Star Business Report
Stocks fell 2.47 percent yesterday, the lowest since July 15, as investors sold shares and mutual fund units to book profits.
The benchmark General Index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange finished the day at 4,371.54 points, after falling 110.85 points.
Market was oscillating within the same index level for the last four days. The market broke the stalemate and started to trend lower from the beginning
“Market nosedived as profittaking and panic sales dominated the bourse," said IDLC Investments in its market commentary.
“Apparently, a flat movement on the last four straight sessions made investors puzzled, which guided
them to hastily search for a safe harbour,” it said.
As a result, sales pressure dominated throughout the session, putting the market on the previous track, the merchant bank said.
Small investors went for huge sales as the market went through a flat movement for four days, analysts said.
Institutional investors were still hopeful about injecting money in the market, they added.
Turnover lost 5.53 percent to Tk 612 crore, compared to the previous day.
A total of 1.5 lakh trades were executed with 12.11 lakh shares and mutual fund units changing hands on the Dhaka bourse.
The banking sector took the beating with the fall of 2.17 percent in market capitalisation and 25.5 per-
cent in turnover.
Non-bank financial institutions lost 3.9 percent, followed by power at 3.67 percent, pharma at 1.57 percent and telecom at 1.30 percent.
Of the total 267 issues traded on the DSE floor, 44 advanced, 213 declined and 10 remained unchanged.
Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company featured in the top traded stocks' chart, owing to its transactions of 36.43 lakh shares worth Tk 48.29 crore.
Titas Gas and Meghna Petroleum were the next popular stocks of the day.
Rupali Life Insurance was the biggest gainer of the day, as it posted a 9.11 percent rise. Shahjalal Islami Bank lost 7.33 percent, being the worst loser.