Dhaka, May 23 -- The market witnessed a steep rise at the opening on Monday, after hitting an 11-month low the previous day, as the government framed rescue packages with fresh financial injections.

Following the news, the market index reversed the previous eight days' trend as DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), jumped over 114 points or 1.86 per cent to stand at 6,257, after the first hour of trading at 11:00 am.

Two other DSE indices also saw a sharp rise till then with the DS30 index, comprising blue chips, rising 33.64 points to reach 2,310 and the Shariah Index (DSES) rose 18.46 points to stand at 1,380.

Turnover, another important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 2.28 billion after the first hour of trad...