Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-Bangladesh’s stocks slipped into the red onTuesday after remaining flat in the last two sessions’ as investors remained followed cautions stance amid ongoing political unrest in the country.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went down by7.49 points or 0.15 percent to close at 4,801.14 points afterwitnessing volatility throughout the session.
The two other indices also ended in the red.
The DS30 indexcomprising blue chips lost 4.58 points or 0.25 percent to close at1,793.07 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) shed 3.08 points or 0.26percent to close at 1,140.18 points.
Turnover on DSE stood at BDT 3.09 billion, registering a decline of 1.90 percent over the over the previous session’s value of BDT 3.15 billion.
The losers took a modest lead over the gainers as out of 310 issuestraded, 141 decline, 118 advanced and 51remained unchanged on the DSE floor.
Square Pharma was the most traded stock with shares worth BDT 170.00million changing hands followed by MJL BD, ACI, Brac Bank and Lafarge Surma Cement.
Summit Port Alliance was the day’s top gainer, posting a rise of 9.83percent while Meghna Pet was the day’s worst loser, losing 4.47 percent.
The port city bourse, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also endedslightly lower with its Selective Categories Index– CSCX- lost 8.78points to close at 8,914.70 points.
Losers beat gainers 116 to 85, with 42 issues remaining unchanged atthe port city bourse that traded 5.83 million shares and mutual fund units, turnover value of BDT 235.20 million.
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