, Oct. 8 -- Bangladesh's stock market continued its losing streak for the third consecutive session on Tuesday, as most issues on both the Dhaka and Chattogram bourses ended lower amid reduced turnover.

At the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the benchmark index DSEX lost 39 points to close lower, while the Shariah-based DSES dropped 12 points and the blue-chip DS30 shed 13 points.

Out of the 399 issues traded, prices advanced for 105, declined for 221, and remained unchanged for 73 securities.

Across all three categories - A, B, and Z - the majority of companies saw losses. In the A-category, which comprises fundamentally strong and highest dividend-paying firms, 64 advanced against 123 losers.

The block market witnessed trades worth Tk 6...