Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - Dhaka stocks opens edging higher today amid slow trading.
The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) is up by 67 points or 1.04 per cent to 6514.20 as the investors continue to snap up the financial stocks, driven by better-than-expected quarterly financial statements.
But the pace of gain in financial stocks is slower than the previous session.
Out of 247 stocks, 162 gained, 71 lost and 14 remained unchanged.
The junk shares see price correction after the regulator ordered the bourse to probe into the unusual price hike of some Z-category shares.
BBN/KMS/SI/AD-04April-12:43 pm (BST)