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Profit takers leave stocks in the red

Star Business Report
Stocks broke a nine-day gaining streak to end in the negative territory yesterday as investors sold off scrips to pocket profits ahead of the imminent Eid festival.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, fell 21.85 points or 0.43 percent, to close at 5,050.35. The shariah index, DSES, slipped 1.68 points or 0.14 percent, to close at 1,197.43.
Profit booking tendency, especially in small and mini cap shares, derailed market movement, IDLC Investments said in its regular market analysis.
"Investors were reassessing market sentiments ahead of the Eid. Subsequently, some cashing-out took place," said the investmentbanker.
The large-cap pharma and power stocks pulled back sharply as the sell-off pressure came in the last week before Eid holidays, said LankaBangla Securities.
Traders seemed to be cashing in on some of the recent strengths in the markets amid strong economic indicators, said the stockbroker.
Turnover, the most important indicator of the market, declined 18.04 percent to Tk
903 crore, compared to the previous day.
Among the large cap sectors banks and pharma went up 0.34 percent and 0.45 percent.
The other major sectors saw negative returns with telecoms posting the highest loss of 1.28 percent, followed by power with 0.63 percent, non-bank financial institutions 0.14 percent, and food and allied 0.06 percent.
Of the 301 issues that traded on the DSE, 176 declined, 87 advanced and 38 remained unchanged.
Jamuna Oil was the day's most traded stock with 18.91 lakh shares worth Tk 48 crore changing hands followed by Square Pharma and MJL Bangladesh.
The newly listed Saif Powertec was the day's highest gainer, posting a rise of 138 per cent, while Standard Ceramic was the day's worst loser, slumping by 9.42 percent.
Chittagong Stock Exchange also closed marginally lower with its selective categories index, CSCX, losing 50.07 points to close at 9,475.90. Losers beat gainers by 148 to 62, as 17 issues remained unchanged on the port city bourse that traded 1.43 crore shares and mutual fund units with Tk 65 crore in turnover.