Stocks on Monday witnessed upward trend on the first day after ending the 12th national parliament elections.

The benchmark index DSEX of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose 25 points to reach 6,269 and the blue-chip index DS30 surged 7.96 points to 2,102.

The turnover of the DSE also jumped over 28 percent to Taka 441 crore.

During the session, 119 scrips advanced, 44 declined and 169 remained unchanged.

Besides, the port city bourse Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) all-share price index- CASPI- on Monday jumped 59 points to reach at 18,568.