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Nervy investors send stocks tumbling

Star Business Report
Stocks fell for the second day in a row, as investors reallocated their portfolios to take in profits.
DGEN, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, finished the week at 4,324.75 points, after dropping46.78 points or 1.07 percent.
The index was hovering around the psychological 4,500 point-mark — but never dropped below it.
“The psychological issue dominated the market sentiment,” Union Capital's managing director Akter H Sannamatsaid.
He said many investors were expecting the index would fall below the psychological 4,500 point and thereby went about liquidating their positions.
On the other hand, institutional investors were injecting fresh funds into the market, despite the finance minister AMA Muhith's comment on Tuesday regarding the integrity of the Wo rid Bank, the analysts said.
However, a group of investors reacted to Muhith's comment and went for sell-offs, they said.
"Though the economic indicators are not indicating any significant downward trend, market seems to be discounting unknown uncertainty beforehand,” said LankaBangla Securities, the country's top broker.
Investors were cautious regarding fresh investments, which allowed the profit takers to drag down the price, IDLC Investments, a leading merchant bank, said.
Turnover fell by 13.86 percent to Tk 527 crore, overnight. A total of 1.3 lakh trades were executed, with 10.11 crore shares and mutual fund units changing hands on the Dhaka bourse.
Of the day's trade, 177 issues declined, 63 advanced and 23 remained unchanged.
The newly-listed Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company dominated the turnover charts with its transaction of39.52 lakh shares worth Tk53.93 crore.
The company declared 20 percent cash and 10 percent stock dividend for the year that ended on June 30,2012.
The company reported earnings per share of Tk 7.85, net asset value per share of Tk 28.07 and net operating cash flow per shares of Tk 5.11, according to the statistics ofDSE.
Among the major sectors, non-bank financial institutions lost 2 percent, engineering 1.93 percent, general insurance 1.85 percent.
Aamra Technologies was the biggest gainer of the day, posting a rise of 9.98 percent, while Modern Dying and Screen Printing was the worst loser, plunging by 9.06 percent.