"The price decline in large-cap securities was the primary cause of Thursday's additional decline in the country's two stock exchanges"

The price decline in large-cap securities was the primary cause of on Thursday's additional decline in the country's two stock exchanges, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE).

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) prime index, or DSEX, fell by 1.13 percent, or 70.24 points, to 6,156.41. Two other indexes also finished considerably lower: the DSE Shariah Index (DSES), which closed at 1,352.29., down 20.62 points, and the DSE 30 Index, which included blue chips, fell 24.52 points to finish at 2,114.61.

The market's most important metric, turnover, dropped to Taka 8,709.07 million from Taka 11,732.18 million in the previous session of the week.

On the DSE trading floor, 282 of the 389 issues that were traded dropped, 85 advanced, and 22 stayed unchanged.

The turnover table showed FUWANGFOOD at the top, followed by BDTHAI, KPPL, Fortune, and KARNAPHULI.

With a gain of 10%, SICL emerged as the day's biggest winner, while GSP Finance suffered a 10% loss.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) had a severe decline as well; the Selective Categories Index (CSCX) lost 153.94 points to close at 10,510.05. The CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI) lost 259.19 points to conclude at 17,552.13.

On the CSE, out of the traded issues, 178 decreased, 60 rose, and 22 were unchanged.

With a transaction value of around Taka 15.37 crore, 57.09 lakh shares and mutual fund units were exchanged on the port city's exchange.

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