Dhaka, April 17 -- The trading and indices at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) have seen a sharp decline over the past four days.

On Thursday, the DSEX fell by 8 points, down from 5,105 points.

In the first hour of transactions, the market gained 20 points, but it sustained a mixed trend as the day progressed, ending at 5,097 due to selling pressure at the close.

The DSEX index last went up on Apr 10 when it registered 5,205 points. The indice has continuously declined since then, producing an overall drop in the price index after mixed-trend transactions throughout the days.

Alongside the broad index, the throughput also fell as the DSE, the largest capital market in the country, had seen share transfers worth Tk 5.4 billion on Apr 10 ...