, Nov. 30 -- The country's two stock exchanges closed in the red on Sunday, with key indices on both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) ending lower amid broad-based price declines.

After gaining past the 5,000-point mark last Thursday, DSEX fell by 49 points to settle at 4,978 at the end of the day's trading.

The two other indices also declined, with the Shariah index (DSES) down 11 points and the blue-chip DS30 shedding 17 points.

Most issues lost value on the DSE, where prices fell for 306 companies, rose for 57 and remained unchanged for 28.

Block market transactions totaled Tk 10 crore across 26 companies, led by Fine Foods, which posted the highest block trade of Tk 1.69 crore.

The turnover at th...