Dhaka, Oct. 22 -- Bangladesh's stock markets opened on Wednesday with a downtrend, as indices in both Dhaka and Chattogram exchanges declined in the first hour of trading amid price fall of most companies.

At the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the key index DSEX dropped by 3 points, while the Shariah-based DSES slipped by 1 point.

The blue-chip index DS-30, however, gained 1 point.

Most issues traded on the DSE saw a decline in prices with 190 companies losing value, 106 gaining and 94 remaining unchanged.

Shares and units worth over Tk 120 crore changed hands during the first hour of trading.

A similar downward trend was observed at the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), where the overall index fell by 29 points.

At the port city bourse...