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Stocks end in the red amid blockade

Star Business Report
Stocks closed marginally down yesterday as investors adopted a wait-and-see approach amid the ongoing nationwide blockade.
After previous session's sharp decline, the market opened on a positive note yesterday.
The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, gained 18.34 points within the first 30 minutes of trading, but it started to decline after that.
At the end of the session, DSEX ended at 4,268.66 points, shedding 8.89 points or 0.20 percent from the previous session.
Turnover, the most important indicator of the market, declined 20.1 percent to Tk 580 crore than the previous day.
"Low turnover indicates that investors were staying on the sidelines to observe market movement," LankaBangla Securities said in its regular market analysis.
"Throughout the trading session the market exhibited a zigzag pattern, as buyers and sellers both were confused about their trade execution."
Market closed flat in the red without having any clear direction because of the cautious trading behaviour of both buyers and sellers, the stockbroker said.
"It seems investors are eyeing the imminent political outlook of the country and are still uncertain whether the upcoming national election will be held peacefully," LankaBangla said.
"While market struggled to remain positive, waves of sell pressure beat it down in frequent intervals, causing it to close flat," said IDLC Investments in its daily market analysis.
Meanwhile, activities were highly concentrated on a few scrips, as top five shares accounted for 26 percent of the total turnover, the investment bank said.
The losers took a modest lead over the gainers as out of 287 issues traded, 136 declined, 110 advanced and 41 remained unchanged on the DSE floor.
A total of 1.3 lakh trades were executed, with 13.20 crore shares and mutual fund units changing hands on the Dhaka bourse.
All the major sectors managed to end in the green except banks, which lost 0.74 percent.
Telecoms generated the best among all the sectors with a 2.62 percent gain, followed by non-bank financial institutions with 0.74 percent, pharma 0.59 percent and power 0.14 percent.
Delta Life Insurance saw the highest liquidity flow of 23.11 lakh shares worth Tk 64 crore changing hands.
Rahima Foods was the highest gainer of the day, posting a rise of 9.73 percent, while Libra Infusion was the worst loser, slumping by 8.73 percent.