The major indexes of the stock market in Bangladesh extended their gaining streak for the second consecutive day today.

The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), rose by 20.33 points, or 0.39 percent from the previous day before closing at 5,204.

The other two indices of the DSE showcased a mixed performance when the DSES index that represents the Shariah-based companies edged down by 0.34 points, or 0.03 percent, to 1,166 and the DS30 index for the blue-chip firms went up by 4.40 points, or 0.23 percent, to 1,931.

At Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), the CSE All Share Price Index (CASPI), the prime index of the port city bourse, saw the similar rising trend, as the index grew by 36.15 points, or 0.25 percent, to settle the day at 14,471.

Of the issues that changed hands on the DSE trading floor, 225 saw a hike in prices, 100 closed lower and the remaining did not witness any price fluctuation.

Turnover, which indicates the total value of the shares traded on the country's premier bourse, stood at Tk 374 crore, posting an increase of 32.66 percent compared to the previous day's trading session.

Orion Infusion Ltd emerged as the most traded share, with a turnover of Tk 20.6 crore.

In its daily market update, BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage said most of the large-cap sectors posted positive performance today.

The food & allied sector booked the highest gain of 1.24 percent, followed by telecommunication 0.53 percent, fuel & power 0.52 percent, banking 0.45 percent, and engineering 0.19 percent.

However, the non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) sector posted a loss of 0.27 percent, and the pharmaceuticals sector logged a 0.54 percent loss.

Investors today showed interest mostly in the shares of BAT Bangladesh, Pubali Bank, Southeast Bank, Eastern Bank, City Bank, Robi Axiata, Beximco Pharmaceuticals, Far Chemicals Industries, Shahjalal Islami Bank and Legacy Footwear, according to the day's market update by LankaBangla Financials.

But none of the companies saw a double-digit growth in share prices.

BAT Bangladesh was alone liable for 4.64 points.

However, Renata, Beacon Pharmaceuticals, Al-Arafah Islami Bank, Olympic Industries, Square Pharmaceuticals, BRAC Bank, Premier Bank, Heidelberg Materials Bangladesh, NRBC Bank and Taufika Foods and Lovello Ice-cream suffered losses.