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 the main bourse, however, improved to Tk 492 crore, up from Tk 439 crore in the previous session.

BD Thai Food & Beverage Limited topped the DSE gainers’ list with its share price rising over 9 percent, while Lub-rref (Bangladesh) Limited slid nearly 19 percent to become the worst performer.

The downturn extended to the CSE, where the all-share CASPI index dropped by 60 points.

A total of 119 issues declined on the port-city bourse against 49 gainers, while 14 remained unchanged.

The turnover stood at Tk 15 crore, down from Tk 25 crore recorded in the previous session.

Apex Spinning and Knitting Mills Ltd led the CSE gainers with a 9.87 percent rise, whereas Lub-rref (Bangladesh) Limited also ended as the steepest loser, falling almost 16 percent.