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11 January 2011
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Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in Bangladesh recovered strongly on Tuesday after weeks of heavy falls.
Stocks ended the day up by more than 15% following government pressure on the country's financial authorities to stabilise the market.
However, some analysts warned that the rebound might be short-lived.
On Monday police used tear gas and baton charged investors who had attacked government buildings in protest at collapsing share prices.
Trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange index was halted after it fell by 660 points, or 9.25%, in less than an hour.
It was the biggest one-day fall in its 55-year history.
It is estimated that more than three million people - many of them small-scale individual investors - lost money because of the plunging share prices.
The rising value of stocks in recent years has attracted millions of investors in Bangladesh.
Shares have become a popular investment for ordinary people, often providing higher returns than bank deposits and savings.
Bangladesh might be one of Asia's poorest countries, but its two stock markets have soared in recent years on the rising value of its mobile telephone companies and other firms.
But over the past few weeks more and more investors have been selling up, amid rumours that large institutional investors had pulled their money out after making large profits.
The BBC's Moazzem Hossain says that Tuesday's recovery followed government pressure on the country's financial authorities to stabilise the market.
But our correspondent says that recent market volatility is unlikely to disappear because the confidence of small investors has been shaken and they doubt how long the gains can last - especially when many believe share prices are hugely overvalued.
There are also concerns about the financial health of many Bangladeshi banks - because they are heavily exposed to the market.
Fearing further widespread protests, the government on Monday took measures to increase the money supply in the market.
They relaxed rules for the banks and for individual investors so that they could borrow more money against shares.
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Stocks ended the day up by more than 15% following government pressure on the country's financial authorities to stabilise the market.
However, some analysts warned that the rebound might be short-lived.
On Monday police used tear gas and baton charged investors who had attacked government buildings in protest at collapsing share prices.
Trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange index was halted after it fell by 660 points, or 9.25%, in less than an hour.
It was the biggest one-day fall in its 55-year history.
It is estimated that more than three million people - many of them small-scale individual investors - lost money because of the plunging share prices.
The rising value of stocks in recent years has attracted millions of investors in Bangladesh.
Shares have become a popular investment for ordinary people, often providing higher returns than bank deposits and savings.
Bangladesh might be one of Asia's poorest countries, but its two stock markets have soared in recent years on the rising value of its mobile telephone companies and other firms.
But over the past few weeks more and more investors have been selling up, amid rumours that large institutional investors had pulled their money out after making large profits.
The BBC's Moazzem Hossain says that Tuesday's recovery followed government pressure on the country's financial authorities to stabilise the market.
But our correspondent says that recent market volatility is unlikely to disappear because the confidence of small investors has been shaken and they doubt how long the gains can last - especially when many believe share prices are hugely overvalued.
There are also concerns about the financial health of many Bangladeshi banks - because they are heavily exposed to the market.
Fearing further widespread protests, the government on Monday took measures to increase the money supply in the market.
They relaxed rules for the banks and for individual investors so that they could borrow more money against shares.
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