Some technical glitch with the trading software disrupted stock trading at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Monday.
Trading started at 10:00am but soon after shut down at 10.58 am.
The prime bourse was back online for trading at 2.10pm, just 20 minutes before the session formally ended at 2.30pm.
"The issues observed in the trading software engine this morning took several hours to be jointly solved by the technical teams of DSE and the foreign vendor firm NASDAQ, said DSE Acting Managing Director M Shaifur Rahman Mazumdar.
In a statement, DSE regretted the trading disruption on the day as it had to slash the 260-minute trading session to 108 minutes.
DSEX, the broad-based index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, closed 0.57% lower at 6,307 points, while the blue-chip index DS30 fell by 0.75% and the Shariah index DSES closed 1.02% lower.
Meanwhile, the DSE turnover shrunk to Tk335 crore from Tk788 crore in the previous session.
Meanwhile, the port-city bourse Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) continued with its regular trading.
DSEX, the broad-based index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange slid 0.52% to 6,311 in Monday's partial session.