, April 26 -- Bangladesh's both stock exchanges began the week on a buoyant note Sunday, with benchmark indices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) closing higher as overall turnover picked up noticeably from the previous session.

The DSE's principal index, the DSEX, gained 17 points by the close of trading, while the blue-chip DS30 index added 11 points. The Shariah-based DSES, however, bucked the trend, edging down 1 point.

Turnover on the DSE rose by nearly Tk 100 crore from the preceding session, with shares and units worth Tk 982 crore changing hands against Tk 884 crore recorded in the last trading day.

Despite the headline index gains, declining issues outnumbered advancers. Of the stocks traded...