BANGLADESH

The capital market regulators have called an emergency meeting at 2pm.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's executive director Saifur Rahman told bdnews24.com on Wednesday that his chairman M Khairul Hossain would address the briefing.

He said the watchdog chief would brief the media about the current situation of the stock market.

The stock market has been consistently falling over the last few days. The latest downward spiral began last week and still appears to continue.

On Wednesday the index fell by 154 points within the first half hour of trade. On Tuesday the Dhaka stock market's general index had fallen over 225 points market a four percent drop. The Chittagong index fell by 387.31 points.

Sunday saw the Dhaka index fall by 194 point and Monday by 14 points. The bourse had fallen by just over three percent last week.