Thursday, March 28, 2024

Investors’ confidence hits lowest ebb as stocks keep collapsing

Share market investors’ confidence hit the lowest ebb last week as Dhaka stocks kept on plunging in every trading session, prompting the market regulators to halt trading for three consecutive days amid violent street protests by small investors. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange last week lost a massive 1249.54

Stock efforts fall apart

6 brokers’ trading suspended for 30 days on market volatility charges; top bosses stripped of responsibilities; book-building system on hold; markets closed on Sunday The share index breaker failed to prevent a free fall in prices on the Dhaka and the Chittagong stock exchanges yesterday. The Dhaka stock index had nosedived 600 points before the ... Read more

DSE ignores members despite continuous crisis

The authorities of the Dhaka Stock Exchange have not solicited any advice or suggestions from the exchange’s members and concerned quarters although the volatility in the capital market has been continuing for one and a half month. A number of stockbrokers, who are the members of DSE, said that they were neither consulted

Investors run amok over stocks plunge

Disgruntled share market investors on Wednesday locked in scuffles with the police on the street and threw brickbats at the Dhaka Stock Exchange building in the city’s Motijheel area after the share prices dipped further and a newly-introduced circuit-breaker halted trading on the bourse. Hundreds of angry investors came out on the road in front ... Read more

Credit crisis hits stocks again

Share prices slide for second day Share prices at the Dhaka Stock Exchange plunged on Sunday as the investors continued to face credit crunch, said market operators. The benchmark general index of the DSE dropped by 141.29 points, or 1.87 per cent, to close at 7,429.59 points. The DSE’s general index shed 315.57 points at ... Read more