The Dhaka bourse closed the week's first session with a moderate loss in the broad index, mainly because of erosion experienced by blue-chip stocks.
The market opened the day's session on a positive note. But soon afterwards, the DSE broad index, DSEX, exhibited volatility as many investors exerted selling pressure.
After mid-session, the DSEX experienced a declining trend that continued until the close.
At the end of the session, the DSEX closed at 4,978 points with a loss of 0.98 per cent or 49.37 points.
Of the 30 blue-chip stocks having significant influence on the broad index, 25 declined.
The DS30 index, comprising blue-chip stocks, declined 0.88 per cent or 17 points to close at 1,917.01 points.
Of the total 391 issues traded, 57 advanced, 306 declined and 28 remained unchanged.
The premier bourse featured a turnover of Tk 4.92 billion, 12 per cent up from the previous session. Of the total turnover, Tk 103 million came from transactions executed on the block board.
Grameenphone was the number one index puller, followed by ACI, Asiatic Laboratories and Rahima Food.
The list of top index draggers includes Padma Oil, Beximco Pharmaceuticals, Islami Bank Bangladesh, British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company and Walton Hi-Tech Industries.
The list of top gainers includes many junk stocks such as Zeal Bangla Sugar Mills, Khulna Printing & Packaging and Global Heavy Chemicals.
Khan Brothers PP Woven Bag Industries topped the chart of turnover leaders with a value of Tk 171 million, followed by Summit Alliance Port, Dominage Steel Building Systems and Orion Infusion.
According to a market review by EBL Securities, selling pressure on Sunday remained prevalent across the trading floor as cautious investors observed the market trend.
Investors' selling pressure pulled most of the scrips into negative territory.
BD Thai Food & Beverage was the number one gainer, with a rise of 9.43 per cent, followed by Rahima Food, Wata Chemicals, Hakkani Pulp and Sonali Aansh Industries.
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