Dhaka, Nov. 22 -- Stocks opened martially higher on Tuesday after the key index hitting three-month low on the previous day as bargain hunters showed buying interest in lucrative issues.

Following the previous two days' fall, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 22.10 points or 0.35 per cent to 6,213, after the first hour of trading at 11:00 am.

Two other DSE indices also saw a positive trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, gained 5.78 points to 2,183 and the DSE Shariah Index (DSES) rose 6.10 points to 1,349.

Turnover, another important indicator of the market, remained low and stood at Tk 1.15 billion after the first hour of trading.

Market insiders said the gloomy macroeconomic outlo...