Dhaka, April 9 -- Both Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges closed Thursday's session, the last trading day of the week with significant index losses, as share prices fell across the majority of listed companies.

After three consecutive days of gains, all indices of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) slipped into the red. The benchmark DSEX lost 60 points, while the Shariah-based DSES fell 12 points and the blue-chip DS30 index shed 23 points.

Losers far outpaced gainers on the DSE, with 306 companies recording price declines against gains in only 70, while 14 companies remained unchanged.

In the block market, shares worth Tk 28 crore were traded across 39 companies, with Fine Foods Limited leading the segment at Tk 4.70 crore.

Overall ma...