Price fall in large-caps drives stocks down

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Economic Reporter :
Stock markets closed on Monday of the week with downward trend due mainly to price fall in large-cap securities.
The falling major sectors were engineering and pharmaceutical and chemical. A total of 148 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 27.97 points down at 5,859.30. The Shariah DSES and the blue-chip DS30 also followed the same trend with 3.07 points down at 1,315.79 and with 8.19 points down at 2,021.70.
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