Economic Reporter :
Stocks closed on Wednesday of the week with downward trend due mainly to price fall in large-cap securities.
The falling major sectors were insurance and textile. A total of 149 securities of the large-cap group moved down due to lower activities.
The broader DSEX index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed the day with 30.74 points down at 5,600.56. The Shariah DSES and the blue-chip DS30 also followed the same trend with 3.22 points down at 1,289.71 and with 9.10 points down at 2,005.58.
The daily trade fell to 7.86 crore shares from Tuesday’s 8.72 crore shares and the day’s trade value at DSE decreased to Taka 414.69 crore from Taka 437.80 crore of the previous session.
