Dhaka, July 17 -- The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's prime stock market, saw the highest turnover this year on Thursday.

At the close of trading on Thursday, the DSE's turnover amounted to Tk 789.6 crore. This marks the first time this year that the market's daily turnover has reached the Tk 700-crore threshold. It also represents the highest turnover in the Dhaka market in approximately the last eight and a half months.

According to DSE data, an upward trend in turnover has been observed over the past few days. This latest figure is the highest DSE turnover since November of last year.

Previously, the DSE market recorded a turnover of Tk 840 crore on November 5 of last year.

Alongside the increased turnover, the DSEX, the ...