Dhaka, June 21 -- Beximco's share price has tumbled nearly 61 percent in just two weeks since the removal of the floor price, as a severe shortage of buyers continued to weigh on one of the country's most closely watched stocks.

The stock changed hands in both the main and block markets on Sunday and ranked as the second-biggest loser on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).

Since the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) lifted the floor price -- the regulator-set minimum trading price -- on Jun 9, Beximco has repeatedly hit, or come close to, the maximum daily circuit-breaker limit of 10 percent.

The market has remained open for 11 trading sessions since then, and the stock was left without buyers on most of those days.

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