Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-Bangladesh’s stocks ended lower for the second running sessions on Thursday as investors continued to sell shares, fearing further fall.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by another 51.92 points or 1.26 percent to close at 18-month low level of 4,047.28 points.
The two other indices also saw steep fall.
The DS30 index, comprising blue chips lost 17.71 points or 1.13 percent to close at 1,545.18 points.
The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) dropped 12.63 points or 1.25 percent to close at 992.54 points.
Turnover, however improved to BDT 3.82 billion, which was 21 percent higher over the previous session’s value of BDT 3.16 billion.
The losers took a strong lead over the gainers as out of 311 issues traded, 226 declined, 54 advanced and 31 remained unchanged.
United Power continued to dominate the top turnover chart with shares worth BDT 533.68 million changing hands followed by ACI, ACI Formulations, BSRM and MJL BD
The port city bourse, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), also ended lower with its Selective Categories Index – CSCX – fell 124.34 points to close at 7,557.43 points.
Losers beat gainers 167 to 37, with 21 issues remaining unchanged at the port city bourse that traded 17.12 million shares and mutual fund units, turnover value of BDT 422.22 million.