Price fall in large-caps drives stocks further down

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Economic Reporter :
Stock markets on Wednesday closed of the week with downward trend due mainly to price fall in large-cap securities.The falling major sectors were pharmaceuticals and chemicals, ceramics and insurance. A total of 165 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 17.61 points down at 5,272.39. The Shariah DSES and the blue-chip DS30 also followed the same trend with 4.49 points down at 1,217.98 and with 3.78 points down at 1,858.05.
The daily trade fell to 9.53 crore shares from Tuesday’s 112.15 crore shares and the day’s trade value at DSE decreased to Taka 331.78 crore from Taka 433.51 crore of the previous session.
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