Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 28 -- Bangladesh's stocks maintained a losing streak continued for the fourth straight weeks on the bourses that ended Thursday as worried investors continued their selling binge on large-cap issues.

Week-on-week, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 38 points or 0.85 per cent to settle at 4,418.

The DSEX has lost a cumulative 312 points in the past four straight weeks while it shed 1,532 points since January 24, this year, when the index peaked at 5,950.

Market insiders said investors are struggling with ongoing depressed market trend while gloomy macroeconomic outlook and foreign investors' pulling funds out of the market worsened the situation.

The financial sector remained v...