Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 23 -- Bangladesh's stocks faced loss for the eight straight weeks that ended on Thursday with lower participation, market operators said.

Investors' low confidence to the market amid ongoing pessimism, liquidity shortage coupled with lack of market triggers kept them mostly inactive, they added.

They said the institutional investors remained cautious while small investors were not confident enough to inject fresh fund into stocks, taking the prime index below 5,600-mark after three months.

The week saw four trading sessions instead of five as the market closed Sunday on the occasion of birthday of Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Of them, the market suffered losses three sessions while one saw margin...