After five consecutive days of decline, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw a slight upward trend today as all three key indices posted modest gains, encouraging investor sentiment. The trading session ended with 150 companies experiencing price increases, while 184 companies saw declines, and 63 remained unchanged. Despite the mixed results, the positive movement of the indices provided a much-needed boost to the market. Investor confidence appeared to return as the DSE's main index, DSEX, rose by 12.38 points, closing at 5173.11. The DSES (Shariah) index increased by 1.41 points to 1156.99, while the DS30 index, which tracks blue-chip companies, climbed 7.53 points to 1903.79. The day's trading volume amounted to Tk 344 crore, slightly lower than Sunday's transaction volume of Tk 362 crore. While the value of transactions dipped by Tk 16 crore, the volume of share trading increased, signaling renewed interest among investors. In contrast, the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw a drop in transaction volume, falling from Tk 6.33 crore on Sunday to Tk 5.97 crore on Monday. The CSE CASPI index slipped by 0.25 points, closing at 14513.31. A total of 179 companies and mutual fund units were traded at the CSE, with 53 companies seeing price gains, 99 facing declines, and 27 remaining unchanged.