, Sept. 22 -- Stocks continued to fall for the second straight day on Monday with the turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hitting a two-month low, while both Dhaka and Chattogram bourses seeking their key indices declining.

The DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, shed 44 points at the close of the day's trading, while the Shariah-based DSES lost 8 points and the blue-chip DS30 dropped 11 points.

The turnover at the DSE stood at Tk 544 crore, the lowest since July 3 when it was Tk 506 crore. After that, the market gradually rebounded with turnover crossing Tk 1,000 crore before slipping back to the Tk 500-crore range amid two weeks of consecutive losses.

Out of 397 issues traded, prices of 303 declined, 44 advanced and 50 remained ...