DHAKA:  Investors witnessed minor fall in benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Sunday.

The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, shed over 71 points only to stand at 3,771 at the close on the first trading day of the week.

Trade deals stood at 41,696 with volume of transactions at Tk 1,104 million.

Of the issues traded, 28 advanced, 229 declined and 21 remained unchanged.

BDBUILDING topped the turnover list with shares worth Tk 68 million having changed hands.

The other turnover leaders were ARGONDENIM, BSCCL, JMISMDL, SQURPHARMA, ENVOYTEX, GENNEXT, CMCKAMAL and GP.

Chittagong stocks also followed the suit, with the CSE Selective Categories Index climbing down to 7,368 by dropping over 125 points.
 
Out of the issues traded, 18 gained, 165 declined and eight remained unchanged.

BDST: 1535 HRS, OCT 20, 2013
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