Dhaka, Sept. 2 -- After a sharp fall in the previous session, Dhaka and Chattogram stock markets bounced back on third trading day as most companies saw their share prices increase.

At the end of the day's trading, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), DSEX, rose by 37 points.

Among other indices, the Shariah-based DSES gained 8 points while the blue-chip index DS30 added 6 points.

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Out of the issues traded, the prices of 220 companies advanced, 131 declined and 47 remained unchanged.

Gains were seen across all three categories - A, B and Z. In the A-category, which includes the highest dividend-paying companies, the prices of 107 issues advanced against 85 losers, while 28 remained unchange...