Dhaka, May 13 -- The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has seen a downturn in trade volume and key index points after a brief upsurge.

On Wednesday, the premier bourse of the country suffered a massive slide, shedding 150 points in a day. On Thursday and the following working day, Monday, the DSE rebounded by racking up 119 points.

On Tuesday, however, the benchmark index DSEX dropped 46.97 points to 4,874, registering Tk 3.43 billion in turnovers, down from Tk 3.64 billion the previous day.

Trading on Monday peaked an hour and 45 minutes after the start, gaining 32 points over Monday's closing at 4,934. But under selling pressure, the index reverted to dip and lose Tuesday's gains around 12:30pm.

With share prices of most companies declinin...