Stocks open lower

Stocks opened lower on Wednesday morning following the previous session’s marginally up.

First 30 minutes into trade, the benchmark DSEX was down 19 points or 0.36 percent to 5,489.

Other indices, the DSES fell over 11 points or 0.89 percent to 1,234 and blue-chip DS30 increased marginally up over 1point or 0.06 percent to 2,103.

Shares of Taufika Foods and Agro Industries were frozen at 10 percent—the upper limit circuit breaker for the debutant—on its second trading day. In two trading sessions, it rose to Tk 22.5 from Tk 10 per share.