Dhaka, Sept. 27 -- Stocks witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading on Sunday as optimistic investors showed appetite on sector-wise issues riding on the news of interest rate cut on stock investment fund.

Bangladesh Bank Thursday reduced the interest rate on borrowing from its special investment fund to 4.75 per cent from 5.0 per cent, aimed at helping the country's lenders increase their stock investment capacity.

Following the previous week's downward ending, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened higher with key index rose 32 points within first 15 minutes of trading.

After that the index slowed down some extent as the session progressed. After first 30 minutes of trading, the DSEX gained 28 points.

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