Dhaka, March 10 -- The premier bourse of the country has started an investigation to find out why DSE index came down by 98 per cent on Sunday.

In Bangladesh, stock prices are limited to a maximum daily decline of 10 per cent. So, it is impossible for DSE index to come down by 98 per cent in one day.

However, after the trading session on Sunday, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) general index DSEX was shown to have come down by 97.68 per cent, from 6112 points to 142 points.

Whereas the DSE Sharia index DSES was shown to have come down by 97.68 per cent, from 1336 points to 31 points.

On the other hand, the DSE blue-chip index had already come down by only 0.5 per cent to 3084 points.

DSE Managing Director ATM Tariquzzaman told the FE that ...