Dhaka, Nov. 10 -- Stocks opened higher on Thursday, after three-day fall, as the bargain showed their buying binge on sector-wise issues.

The news that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to give a total $4.5 billion loan to Bangladesh, might boost the hope of the investors, said a merchant banker.

Following the previous day's fall, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 30.26 points or 0.47 per cent to 6,380, after the first hour of trading at 10:30am.

Two other indices saw positive trends till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, gained 11.25 points to 2,242 and the DSE Shariah Index (DSES) rose 8.33 points to 1,394.

Turnover, another important indicator of the market, stood at Tk 2.41 b...