Price fall in large-cap drives stocks further down

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BSS, Dhaka :
Stock markets closed the day of the week on Monday with downward trend due mainly to price fall in large-cap securities.
The falling major sectors were IT, textile, financial institutions, pharmaceutical and chemicals. A total of 143 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 10.53 points down at 5,295.70. The Shariah DSES and the blue-chip DS30 also followed the same trend with 2.27 points down at 1,219.78 and 5.98 points down at 1,849.70 respectively.
The daily trade fell to 12.68 crore shares from Sunday’s 12.70 crore shares. But, the day’s trade value at the DSE increased to Taka 567.68 crore from Taka 516.79 crore of the previous session.
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