Indices at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) declined for the third consecutive session on Sunday as the dominant small investors offloaded their shares heavily, dealers said.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), plunged  59.01 points or 1.31 per cent to 4,443.14 while the DS30 index, comprising blue chips, fell 21.84 points or 1.27 per cent to 1,689.51 and the Shariah Index DSES dipped 12.69 points or 1.17 per cent to end the session at 1,071.77 point.
At the CSE its Selective Categories Index CSCX slumping 92.80 points to end at 8,275.05. Losers beat gain gainers 162 to 51, with 20 issues remaining unchanged on the port city bourse that traded 7.27 million shares and mutual fund units with a value of Tk 211.49 million.
At DSE the turnover dropped to Tk 3.14 billion, down 6.26 per cent from the previous session's Tk 3.35 billion as losers took a strong lead over the gainers as out of 313 traded issues, 226 closed lower, 64 higher and 23 remained unchanged on the DSE trading floor.
IFAD Autos dominated the day's turnover chart with shares of Tk 251.18 million changing hands followed by KDS Accessories, Saif Powertec, Quasem Drycells and BSRM. IFIC First Mutual Fund was the day's best performer, posting a rise of 6.81 per cent while Tallu Spinning was the day's worst loser, plunging by 9.69 per cent.