Business Desk :
Bangladesh stock market continued to fall for the second consecutive day along with turnover.
The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), edged down 31 points, or 0.43 per cent, to 7,313.
On the same day, DS-30, the blue-chip stock index, fell 7 points to 2,749.
Turnover, an important indicator of the market, increased to Tk 1,863 crore, which was Tk 1,848 crore a day earlier.
At the DSE, 93 stocks advanced, 244 fell and 38 remained unchanged.
NRB Commercial Bank topped the gainers’ list that rose 9.71 per cent followed by GBB Power, ICB Islamic Bank, Kattali Textiles, and Deshbandhu Polymer.
Tamijuddin Textile shed mostly that lost 7.5 per cent followed by Envoy Textiles, Tallu Spinning, Alif Industries and Maksons Spinning.
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh became the highest traded stock with shares worth Tk 150 crore changing hands followed by Orion Pharmaceuticals, IFIC Bank, Power Grid, and Delta Life Insurance.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) also dropped on Tuesday. The CASPI, the general index of the port city bourse, edged down 128 points, or 0.59 per cent, to 21,360.
Among the traded 301 stocks, 73 rose, 206 fell and 22 remained unchanged.
