Dhaka, Bangladesh, Feb. 2 -- Bangladesh's stocks slipped into red in the outgoing week as investors sell-offs shares amid the lower-than-expected earnings declared by large-cap companies.

Week-on-week, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 44.24 points or 0.98 per cent to settle at 4,469, after adding 364 points in the week before.

Two other indices also closed lower. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, fell 19.38 points to finish at 1,524 and the DSE Shariah Index lost 7.21 points to close at 1,028.

Market insiders said disappointing earnings disclosures by a number of companies hit the investors' sentiment which prompted them for selling shares.

Earnings of most of the companies failed to meet inve...