Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Stocks in Bangladesh closed lower on Sunday, the first trading day of the week, with both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) posting index declines amid a reduced turnover.

At the DSE, the benchmark DSEX shed 5 points by the end of the session. The Shariah-based DSES fell 6 points, while the blue-chip DS30 slipped 3 points.

Market breadth was evenly split, with prices of 162 companies advancing against declines in 162 others, while 69 issues remained unchanged.

The turnover at the DSE dropped by more than Tk 100 crore from the previous session, with shares and units worth Tk 478 crore traded, down from Tk 587 crore on Thursday.

In the block market, shares of 48 companies worth Tk 18 cro...