Dhaka, Aug. 10 -- The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed higher on Monday, the second trading day of the week, as its key index and most listed companies posted gains, even though overall turnover declined.

The DSE's benchmark index, DSEX, rose 22 points during the day's trading. The Shariah-based index, DSES, remained unchanged, while the blue-chip index DS30 gained 8 points.

DSE terminates 17 employees as part of long-term restructuring, says exchange

Prices advanced for the majority of listed firms, with 199 companies seeing their share prices rise, against 129 that declined and 64 that remained unchanged.

Shares and units worth Tk 908 crore changed hands on the DSE, down from Tk 964 crore in the previous session, a fall of Tk 56 cr...