Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Stocks opened with a positive trend on Wednesday as opportunistic investors continued taking positions in sector-specific scrips in anticipation of quick gains.

The market recovery was largely supported by fundamentally strong stocks, driven by favourable quarterly earnings disclosures from some companies.

Better-than-expected earnings disclosures of sector-specific stocks have somewhat invigorated the market from its weakened momentum, said a stockbroker.

As a result, buyers remained on the dominant side as opportunistic investors sought oversold stocks, which they deemed lucrative at the prevailing price levels.

Following the previous day's modest rise, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went up by 26...