Dhaka, March 30 -- Indices fell at both the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges on Sunday, the first trading day of the week, with most listed companies witnessing price declines.

At the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the benchmark DSEX index dropped by 44 points, while the Shariah-based DSES lost 7 points and the blue-chip DS30 index declined by 21 points.

Losers dominated the market: share prices fell for 250 companies against 114 gainers, while 30 remained unchanged.

However, turnover increased compared to the previous session, with total transactions reaching Tk 646 crore, up from Tk 603 crore earlier.

In the block market, shares worth Tk 32 crore from 44 companies were traded, with Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC topping the list with tr...