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Fall in stocks continues

Turnover hits three-week low

Star Business Report
Stocks ended in the red for the third day yesterday with the turnover dropping to a three-week low due to the ongoing political turmoil across the country.
DSEX, the benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, closed the day at 4,230.72 points, after falling 37.93 points or 0.88 percent.
Although the day started on a flying note with a gain of 12 points within the first 25 minutes of trading, it started falling after that.
Turnover, the most important indicator of the market, declined 36.84 percent from the previous day to Tk 367 crore—the lowest since November 3.
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"Fear and hesitation dominated the market sentiment, causing a squeeze in turnover and thrashing the broad index," commented IDLC Investments in its regular market analysis.
Gradually, a confirmation of trend reversal is building up in the market, creating nervousness among the investors, especially the late entrants, the investment banker said. "Sudden drop in turnover in the last three trading sessions indicates that investors are still observing the market movement," said LankaBangla Securities in its daily market analysis.
Moreover, intraday volatility of the index is making investors more confused about the direction of the market, the stockbroker said.
The textile sector has been dominating the market in terms of turnover in the last few days, while the most active stock was Delta Life Insurance, capturing about 9 percent of the total turnover.
Losers took a strong lead over the gainers as out of the 281 issues traded, 163 declined, 89 advanced and 29 remained unchanged on the primer bourse.
All the major sectors registered losses with telecoms being the biggest loser with a 1.03 percent fall, followed by pharma 0.93 percent and banks 0.91 percent.
Non-bank financial institutions lost 0.75 percent, power 0.48 percent, life insurance 1.48 percent and textile 1.47 percent. A total of 1.01 lakh trades were executed with 9.24 crore shares and mutual fund units changing hands on the Dhaka bourse.
Delta Life Insurance saw the highest liquidity flow with 12.91 lakh shares worthTk 33 crore changing hands.
RN Spinning Mills and Paramount Textiles were the next popular stocks of the day.
Standard Ceramics was the highest gainer of the day, posting a rise of 6.04 percent, while Zeal Bangla Sugar Mills was the worst loser, plunging by 6.25 percent.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange also closed the day in the red with its selective categories index, CSCX, declining 102.97 points to close at 8,282.65 points. Losers beat gainers 158 to 37, with 19 issues remaining unchanged at the port city bourse that traded 1.39 crore shares and mutual fund units with a turnover ofTk 48 crore.