Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 3 -- Bangladesh's stocks gained for the second consecutive day on Tuesday as optimistic investors continued their buying appetite on sector-wise shares.

Investors showed their buying spree on large-cap issues amid lucrative price level while some rebalanced their portfolio ahead of quarterly earnings, according to market operators.

The market opened on upward note and the key index rose about 48 points within first hour of trading. But rest of the session eroded most of the initial gains.

At the end of the session, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 19.09 points or 0.34 per cent to settle at 5,522.

The two other indices-the DS30 index and the DSE Shariah Index (DSES) - ended hi...