Stocks witness flat as major sectors plunge

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Economic Reporter :
Stock markets witnessed flat on Sunday due to lower activities of some large-cap securities.
The falling major sectors were paper and printing, engineering and insurance. A total of 131 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 3.74 points up at 5,366.02. The blue-chip DS30 and the Shariah DSES also followed the same trend with 2.67 points up at 1,929.13 and with 5.91 points up at 1,267.22 respectively.
At the DSE, out of the day’s 339 securities, prices of 128 securities closed higher against 165 losing issues.
The major gaining issues were Prime Textile, SPCL, DSSL, SAIHAMTEX and Legacy Foot. The major losing issues were BPML, BD Auto Cars, Aramit, Renwick Ja and Padma Life.
BPML topped the turnover list followed by RSRM Steel, UPDGCL, BBS Cables and ALIF.
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