Dhaka, Nov. 16 -- After days of persistent decline, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) finally returned to positive territory on the first trading day of the week on Sunday, though the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) failed to recover.

Both bourses opened lower in the morning, with the DSEX slipping to 4,620 points by 10:30am. But the benchmark index began to regain momentum as the day progressed, ultimately closing 29 points higher after swinging between gains and losses.

The other two indices also advanced, with the Shariah-based DSES rising 8 points and the blue-chip DS30 climbing 9 points.

Most stocks on the DSE edged up, as prices increased for 236 issues, while 113 declined and 35 remained unchanged.

The turnover, however, dropped t...