Dhaka, May 20 -- Both the Dhaka and Chattogram stock markets opened higher on the fourth trading day of the week on Tuesday, but the early gains were short-lived as indices fell in the second hour of trading.

The majority of listed companies saw a decline in share prices by mid-session.

During the first half of the trading session, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped by 7 points.

Of the other two indices, the Shariah-based DSES also declined, while the DS30 index - which tracks blue-chip shares - edged down by 2 points.

Out of the companies that participated in trading, share prices rose for 129, while 164 experienced a fall, and 89 remained unchanged.

Trading value at the DSE crossed Tk 140 crore during the...