Dhaka, April 29 -- The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's premier bourse, has extended losses into a second day amid market volatility.

The benchmark index, DSEX, shed 17 points to close at 4,935 points as trade turnover plunged to Tk 2.91 billion on Tuesday. This was the second time in four months that the volume of trade fell below Tk 3-billion mark.

Share prices in the clothing, medicine and chemicals, and engineering sectors rose nonetheless.

After a bearish spell of almost two weeks, the DSEX gained 22.85 points to close at 4,995.46 on Sunday before dipping again on Monday, losing 42 points.

On Tuesday, trading opened strongly in the morning, with the DSEX gaining nine points within the first half-hour. The momentum then b...