Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Stocks ended nearly flat in the week to Thursday after a three-week rally as investors tried to rebalance their portfolios taking cues from the latest quarterly earnings reports.

Investors mostly opted for profit-booking on rallied stocks while some others showed buying interest in sector-specific issues with potentials to declare higher earnings.

Of the five trading days this week, the first three days suffered losses owing to dismal financial performance of most companies while the last two days' gains pared almost all the losses.

Eventually, DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), settled at 6,295, with a fall of 1.52 points, after gaining 102 points in the past three weeks.

However, few blue-c...