Dhaka, Sept. 8 -- The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended Monday's trading session lower despite an early rise, while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) closed the day in a positive territory.

At the DSE, the benchmark index DSEX shed 8 points, while the Shariah-based DSES fell by 4 points. The blue-chip index DS30, however, gained 3 points.

Most of the traded issues ended in the red, as prices of 223 companies declined against 127 gainers, while 47 issues remained unchanged.

Across all three categories - A, B and Z - the majority of issues lost value. In the A category, which includes companies that pay the highest dividends, 148 issues declined, while 53 advanced and 20 remained unchanged.

In the DSE block market, shares worth Tk 20 c...