Business Desk :
The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), fell 63 points, or 0.89 per cent, to 7,022.
The index fell thanks to the profit-booking tendency among investors and huge sell pressure, said a stock broker.
As a portion of investors did not sell their shares hoping for a higher price, he added. Turnover, an important indicator of the stock market, decreased 31 per cent to Tk 1,225 crore from the previous day’s Tk 1,786 crore.
At the DSE, 104 stocks advanced, 216 dropped and 39 remained the same.
Sena Kalyan Insurance topped the gainers’ list that rose 10 per cent followed by Acme Pesticides, Kattali Textile, Aman Feed, and One Bank.
Kohinoor Chemical shed mostly that dropped 13 per cent followed by Regent Textile, Aramit Cement, Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company, and aamra Technologies.
Stocks of One Bank traded mostly that worth Tk 143 crore followed by IFIC Bank, NRB Commercial Bank, First Security Islami Bank and Fortune Shoes.
Meanwhile, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also dropped on Monday. The CASPI, the main index of the CSE, fell 160 points, or 0.77 per cent, to 20,559. Among the traded 287 stocks, 99 rose, 161 fell and 27 were unchanged.
