Dhaka, Sept. 21 -- The country's capital market suffered a significant setback on Sunday, with the Dhaka bourse recording its lowest turnover of the month as most shares closed in the red.

Although both Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges opened on a positive note during the first two hours of trade, the trend soon reversed and the indices closed deep in the negative territory.

At the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Sunday, the benchmark DSEX shed 68 points, while the Shariah-based DSES and the blue-chip DS30 lost 19 points and 23 points respectively.

The turnover at the DSE stood at Tk 621 crore - the lowest so far this month. Out of 396 issues traded, prices of 307 declined, 39 advanced and 50 remained unchanged.

The downtrend hit ac...