Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Bangladesh's stock market opened on a positive note on Tuesday, the third trading day of the week, but the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) failed to hold the gains by the end of the session, while the upward trend continued at the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE).

At the DSE, the benchmark index DSEX fell by 13 points at the close.

Among the other indices, the Shariah-based DSES dropped 4 points, while the blue-chip DS30 inched up by 1 point.

Most stocks ended in the red, with prices of 242 companies declining against gains by 84 companies, while share prices of 63 issues remained unchanged.

The turnover at the DSE increased, with shares and units worth Tk 407 crore traded during the day, up from Tk 395 crore in the previo...