Dhaka, May 24 -- The market opened marginally higher on Tuesday, as the bargain hunters continued to show their buying interest on sector-wise issues riding on the government moves to stabilise the ailing market.

Following the previous day's sharp gain, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 40.80 points or 0.65 per cent to stand at 6,302, after the first hour of trading at 11:00 am.

Two other DSE indices also rose till then with the DS30 index, comprising blue chips, rising 8.95 points to reach 2,318 and the Shariah Index (DSES) rose 8.62 points to stand at 1,385.

Turnover, another important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 1.48 billion after the first hour of trading at 11:00 am.

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