Business Desk :
Bangladesh’s stock market continued its falling trend on Monday due to a selling spree among the general investors.
The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, dropped 23 points, or 0.35 per cent, to 6,759 until 12.35 pm.
At the DSE, 143 stocks advanced, 178 declined and 52 remained unchanged.
Stocks of One Bank traded mostly that worth Tk 23 crore followed by Genex Infosys, Beximco Ltd, Asia Insurance, and Sena Kalyan Insurance.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also fell on Monday.
In the first two and a half hours, the CASPI, the main index of the port city bourse, fell 68 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 19,670.
Among traded 235 stocks, 79 rose,120 fell and 36 were the same.
