DSE turnover all-time high: indices down on profit booking.

Turnover on the premier bourse ballooned Tuesday though indices witnessed a downturn after showing eight days' positive trend as risk-averse investors went on short-term profit booking on sector-specific shares. DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down 42.62 points or 0.75 per cent to settle at 5,609, after having gained 554 points in the past eight consecutive sessions. Two other indices also ended lower. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, lost 32.91 points to finish at 2,058 and the DSE Shariah Index shed 19.20 points to close at 1,278. Turnover, an important indicator of the market, stood at Taka 25.46 billion on the country's premier bourse on Tuesday-- a further buck by 16 per cent over the previous day's tally of Taka 21.93 billion. Losers took a strong lead over the gainers, as out of 360 issues traded, 197 ended lower, 113 closed higher and 50 issues remained unchanged on the DSE...