Aggrieved investors on Tuesday blocked the busy street in front of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) building in Motijheel and padlocked two buildings adjacent to the stockmarket.
Just before the opening of trading hours, investors put locks on the annex and Madhumita buildings and attempted to padlock the main building of DSE.
Resisting their attempt to lockdown the premier bourse, law enforcers broke the locks of the commercial buildings.
The investors also blocked the busy street from Shapla Chattar to Ittefaq intersection, hampering traffic movement in the capital’s commercial hub.
With the investors still demonstrating on the streets, the general index gained 65 points from Monday’s closing of 5,920 and reached 5,986 points at 1:20pm when this report was filed.
Total trade equalled 41,484 and trade value was at Tk 183.89 crore.
Of the issues traded, 223 advanced, 20 declined and three remained unchanged.
Meanwhile, Mizanur Rashid, president of the Capital Market Investors Unity Council, urged the investors to opt out of trading.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is currently holding a meeting with Bangladesh Merchant Bankers’ Association to discuss the situation.
This is one of a series of meetings the regulator is scheduled to hold with different bodies over the next two days to converse about possible actions and recommendations.
Source : Daily Star
