Stocks continued to end flat for the second straight session after wide fluctuations yesterday.
Investors opted for short-term profit booking mostly on mini and micro caps stocks, but modest rally in heavy weight telecommunications offset losses.
After moving between red and green throughout the day, the benchmark index DSEX ended slightly 3 points up to 4,573.
The Shariah index DSES rose nearly 2 points to 1,113. The blue chip comprising index DS30 was 1 point up to 1,749.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange Selective Category Index CSCX closed at 8,569, rising 14 points.
Trading activities were sluggish despite improvement as the DSE turnover stood at Tk362 crore, up 7.6% over the previous session.
Food and allied sectors suffered most, tumbling 1.7%, driven by the tobacco manufacturing company BATBC that shed 2.4%.
Almost every other sector ended flat with bank, non-banking financial institutions, power and food and allied falling 0.3%, 0.05%, 0.3% and 1.5% respectively.
