অস্বাভাবিক লেনদেনের কারণে ৬ ব্রোকারেজ হাউজের লেনদেন ১ মাসের জন্য স্থগিত করেছেন নিয়ন্ত্রক সংস্থা সিকিউরিটিজ অ্যান্ড এক্সচেঞ্জ কমিশন(এসইসি)। পাশাপাশি রোববার দুই স্টক এক্সচেঞ্জে শেয়ার লেনদেন বন্ধ থাকবে। বৃহস্পতিবার বিকেলে এসইসি’র পক্ষ থেকে এ তথ্য জানানো হয়।
ব্রোকারেজ হাউজগুলো হচ্ছে- আইআইডিএসসি, এনসিসি ব্যাংক, ঢাকা ব্যাংক, আল আরাফা ব্যাংক, অ্যালায়েন্স সিকিউরিটিজ ও পিএফআই সিকিউরিটিজ। এসব হাউসের লেনদেন ১মাস বন্ধ থাকবে। তবে এ সময়ে এসব হাউজের হিসাবধারীরা কাউন্ট ট্রান্সফার করে লেনদেন করতে পারবেন। একইসঙ্গে এ ৬ ব্রোকারেজ হাউজের প্রধান নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তাদের (সিইও) ১মাস দায়িত্ব পালন না করার জন্যও বলা হয়েছে। অস্বাভাবিক লেনদেনের জন্য এ ব্যবস্থা নেওয়া হয়েছে বলে সাংবাদিকদের নিশ্চিত করেছেন এসইসির সিনিয়র সদস্য ইয়াসিন আলী। জানা যায়, এসইসি’র সার্ভিলেন্স বিভাগ প্রতিটি ব্রোকারেজ হাউজের লেনদেনের তথ্য যাচাই করতে গিয়ে এ কয়টি ব্রোকারেজ হাউজ পরিকল্পিতভাবে অনেক কম দামে শেয়ার কেনার দর প্রস্তাব করেছে। আর তাদের লেনদেন চিত্র ছিল বেশ অস্বাভাবিক। বৃহস্পতিবার ঢাকার শেয়ার বাজারে লেনদেন শুরুর একটু পরই গত কয়েক দিনের চেয়েও ভয়াবহ দরপতন শুরু হয়। ৫মিনিটের মধ্যেই সূচক কমে যায় প্রায় ৬০০পয়েন্ট। আর তখনি বন্ধ করে দেওয়া হয় লেনদেন।আর ধারাবাহিক দরপতনের প্রতিবাদে বিক্ষোভে ফেটে পড়েন বিনিয়োগকারীরা। মতিঝিল-মিরপুরসহ রাজধানীর বিভিন্ন স্থানে চলে বিক্ষোভ-ভাঙ্চুর। বেশ কয়েকজনকে আটক করে পুলিশ।ঢাকার বাইরে চট্টগ্রাম, কুমিল্লা, সিলেটসহ বিভিন্ন জেলায় বিনিয়োগকারীদের বিক্ষোভ করার কথা জানা গেছে।
The share index breaker failed to prevent a free fall in prices on the Dhaka and the Chittagong stock exchanges yesterday.
The Dhaka stock index had nosedived 600 points before the just-introduced circuit breaker put a stop to trading on the two bourses.
The latest fall prompted the Securities and Exchange Commission to keep trading shut on Sunday and suspend trading activities of six stockbrokers, their managing directors and chief executive officers for 30 days.
The stockmarket regulator also postponed the book building method for initial public offering after a strong criticism for the system's misuse by some issuer companies.
The stockmarkets saw the share prices slump five minutes into the start of trading.
Trading on the Dhaka and Chittagong bourses started at 1:00pm, instead of 11:00am, in line with a decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission that approved a DSE proposal to cut the transaction period by two hours for now.
The circuit breaker, introduced on Wednesday, was meant to stop the trading after the General Index went down by 225 points but the breaker's manual operating system failed to do that.
Panic sell-offs by nervous investors triggered the slump, the quickest in the history of Bangladesh's capital market.
Angry investors took to the streets and vented their frustration on passing vehicles after the market was shut for the day.
They clashed with law enforcers in the financial district of Motijheel.
Investors, who trade from other areas including Dhanmondi and Mirpur in the capital, also clashed with police.
Clashes were also reported in Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal and Sylhet, where investors took part in trade through brokers.
With yesterday's slump, the DGEN came down to 6,326 points, the lowest in six months. The downward trend made the market lose nearly 1,350 points in the last six days.
Market experts put the declining trend down to the liquidity crunch in the secondary market. But the situation has worsened for lack of confidence among investors.
The retail investors got panicked seeing no positive impacts of the regulator's measures on the market.
"Liquidity flow is slowly coming back to the market. But the main problem is to bring back confidence among investors. It should be the main focus now," said Akter Hossain Sannamat, managing director of Prime Finance and Investment.
Others say coordinated measures from the government, the regulator and stakeholders can help the market overcome the current situation.
Angry investors said they had no option but to take to the streets to see their capital shrink in the last few days.
"My portfolio value has come down to almost zero. It is driving me crazy," said a bewildered Shipon Chowdhury, who lost Tk 5 lakh in the last two days.
Many others said they now want the prime minister's intervention as the measures taken by the regulator have failed to have a grip on the volatile market.
The DSE said the government should punish the persons involved in the stockmarket manipulation.
DSE President Shakil Rizvi said the government has little to do with the share prices that depend on many other variables. But it can punish anyone for violating the law.
"A crisis has arisen for diversion of funds from the market. But the market will rebound soon," he said.
Within the five minutes, the premier bourse traded more than 58.76 lakh shares and mutual fund units on a value of Tk 68 crore. Losers outnumbered gainers 172 to 8, with two securities remaining unchanged on the DSE.
Meanwhile, small investors called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Sylhet for Sunday to protest the recent fall in prices on the DSE, reports UNB.
Mashiur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's economic affairs adviser, however, was highly critical of the street demonstration by the investors following nosedive of share prices urging all to resist them.
When pointed to the drastic fall, he said there is a pressure on the market, as some investors want windfall gain overnight.
Mashiur was speaking to reporters after inaugurating a flood protection project in Khulna.
According to him, the money pulled in the share market never came to the real investment in the industry.
"So there is no immediate impact of it," the news agency quoted him as saying.
ব্রোকারেজ হাউজগুলো হচ্ছে- আইআইডিএসসি, এনসিসি ব্যাংক, ঢাকা ব্যাংক, আল আরাফা ব্যাংক, অ্যালায়েন্স সিকিউরিটিজ ও পিএফআই সিকিউরিটিজ। এসব হাউসের লেনদেন ১মাস বন্ধ থাকবে। তবে এ সময়ে এসব হাউজের হিসাবধারীরা কাউন্ট ট্রান্সফার করে লেনদেন করতে পারবেন। একইসঙ্গে এ ৬ ব্রোকারেজ হাউজের প্রধান নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তাদের (সিইও) ১মাস দায়িত্ব পালন না করার জন্যও বলা হয়েছে। অস্বাভাবিক লেনদেনের জন্য এ ব্যবস্থা নেওয়া হয়েছে বলে সাংবাদিকদের নিশ্চিত করেছেন এসইসির সিনিয়র সদস্য ইয়াসিন আলী। জানা যায়, এসইসি’র সার্ভিলেন্স বিভাগ প্রতিটি ব্রোকারেজ হাউজের লেনদেনের তথ্য যাচাই করতে গিয়ে এ কয়টি ব্রোকারেজ হাউজ পরিকল্পিতভাবে অনেক কম দামে শেয়ার কেনার দর প্রস্তাব করেছে। আর তাদের লেনদেন চিত্র ছিল বেশ অস্বাভাবিক। বৃহস্পতিবার ঢাকার শেয়ার বাজারে লেনদেন শুরুর একটু পরই গত কয়েক দিনের চেয়েও ভয়াবহ দরপতন শুরু হয়। ৫মিনিটের মধ্যেই সূচক কমে যায় প্রায় ৬০০পয়েন্ট। আর তখনি বন্ধ করে দেওয়া হয় লেনদেন।আর ধারাবাহিক দরপতনের প্রতিবাদে বিক্ষোভে ফেটে পড়েন বিনিয়োগকারীরা। মতিঝিল-মিরপুরসহ রাজধানীর বিভিন্ন স্থানে চলে বিক্ষোভ-ভাঙ্চুর। বেশ কয়েকজনকে আটক করে পুলিশ।ঢাকার বাইরে চট্টগ্রাম, কুমিল্লা, সিলেটসহ বিভিন্ন জেলায় বিনিয়োগকারীদের বিক্ষোভ করার কথা জানা গেছে।
The share index breaker failed to prevent a free fall in prices on the Dhaka and the Chittagong stock exchanges yesterday.
The Dhaka stock index had nosedived 600 points before the just-introduced circuit breaker put a stop to trading on the two bourses.
The latest fall prompted the Securities and Exchange Commission to keep trading shut on Sunday and suspend trading activities of six stockbrokers, their managing directors and chief executive officers for 30 days.
The stockmarket regulator also postponed the book building method for initial public offering after a strong criticism for the system's misuse by some issuer companies.
The stockmarkets saw the share prices slump five minutes into the start of trading.
Trading on the Dhaka and Chittagong bourses started at 1:00pm, instead of 11:00am, in line with a decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission that approved a DSE proposal to cut the transaction period by two hours for now.
The circuit breaker, introduced on Wednesday, was meant to stop the trading after the General Index went down by 225 points but the breaker's manual operating system failed to do that.
Panic sell-offs by nervous investors triggered the slump, the quickest in the history of Bangladesh's capital market.
Angry investors took to the streets and vented their frustration on passing vehicles after the market was shut for the day.
They clashed with law enforcers in the financial district of Motijheel.
Investors, who trade from other areas including Dhanmondi and Mirpur in the capital, also clashed with police.
Clashes were also reported in Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal and Sylhet, where investors took part in trade through brokers.
With yesterday's slump, the DGEN came down to 6,326 points, the lowest in six months. The downward trend made the market lose nearly 1,350 points in the last six days.
Market experts put the declining trend down to the liquidity crunch in the secondary market. But the situation has worsened for lack of confidence among investors.
The retail investors got panicked seeing no positive impacts of the regulator's measures on the market.
"Liquidity flow is slowly coming back to the market. But the main problem is to bring back confidence among investors. It should be the main focus now," said Akter Hossain Sannamat, managing director of Prime Finance and Investment.
Others say coordinated measures from the government, the regulator and stakeholders can help the market overcome the current situation.
Angry investors said they had no option but to take to the streets to see their capital shrink in the last few days.
"My portfolio value has come down to almost zero. It is driving me crazy," said a bewildered Shipon Chowdhury, who lost Tk 5 lakh in the last two days.
Many others said they now want the prime minister's intervention as the measures taken by the regulator have failed to have a grip on the volatile market.
The DSE said the government should punish the persons involved in the stockmarket manipulation.
DSE President Shakil Rizvi said the government has little to do with the share prices that depend on many other variables. But it can punish anyone for violating the law.
"A crisis has arisen for diversion of funds from the market. But the market will rebound soon," he said.
Within the five minutes, the premier bourse traded more than 58.76 lakh shares and mutual fund units on a value of Tk 68 crore. Losers outnumbered gainers 172 to 8, with two securities remaining unchanged on the DSE.
Meanwhile, small investors called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Sylhet for Sunday to protest the recent fall in prices on the DSE, reports UNB.
Mashiur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's economic affairs adviser, however, was highly critical of the street demonstration by the investors following nosedive of share prices urging all to resist them.
When pointed to the drastic fall, he said there is a pressure on the market, as some investors want windfall gain overnight.
Mashiur was speaking to reporters after inaugurating a flood protection project in Khulna.
According to him, the money pulled in the share market never came to the real investment in the industry.
"So there is no immediate impact of it," the news agency quoted him as saying.