Monday, December 23, 2024

Stock jitters cap the week

Stocks finished the week in jittery trade, as relentless panic pulled the index and turnover down yesterday. The General Index (DGEN) of Dhaka Stock Exchange suffered a 146-point or 2.2-percent loss and came down to 6,527 at the end of a four-hour trading session — frustrating millions of retail investors. DSE President Shakil Rizvi, however, ... Read more

Investors run amok

Stocks continue to plunge Agitated share market investors went on a rampage on Monday afternoon vandalising scores of vehicles and business establishments at Motijheel in the city as the general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange continued to plunge, shedding 324.51 points on the day. The angry investors took to the streets of Motijheel, the commercial ... Read more

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

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