Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- Bangladesh's stock market extended its losing streak on Thursday, with indices of both Dhaka and Chattogram bourses falling for the fourth time in five sessions amid widespread declines in share prices.

At the end of the day's trading, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), DSEX, dropped by 54 points.

The Shariah-based DSES index fell by 14 points, while the blue-chip index DS30 lost 18 points.

Out of 398 issues traded, prices declined for 292 companies, advanced for 72, and remained unchanged for 34.

Share prices fell across all three categories - A, B, and Z. In the A-category, which includes the most fundamentally sound companies offering the highest dividends, prices fell for 154 issues, while only 49 ad...