Economic Reporter :
Both the stock markets were down further on Tuesday with all indices sliding down as most of the major sectors closed lower.
The falling major sectors were financial institution, textile and food and allied. A total of 144 securities of the large-cap group incurred losses due to lower activities. The major DSEX index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) decreased 5.16 points to close at 5,819.26, when the blue-chip DS30 and Shariah DSES finished the day 1.21 points down to 2134.25 and 2.03 points down to 1322.10 respectively.
Out of 331 traded issues, 177 incurred loss when only 110 closed with some gains. Most of the losing issues were from large-cap securities.
