Share prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange maintained upturn for the second consecutive day yesterday, further recovering from the shocks of a crash a couple of days back following a selling spree.

Although the turnover is not very much significant against the backdrop of the falling market, prices of all categories of shares registered increase to push the All Share Price Index (DSI) 46.50 points or 3.98 per cent up to close at 1212.49 points from Tuesday's 1166.

The market made the bucks facing demonstrations by the investors on Monday after witnessing the highest fall--78 points or 6.62 per cent--since the new index for all shares was introduced on March 28 with 1510 points.

On the bearish market since April 2, the bourse benchmark had also gone up on April 19 following another demonstration by the investors on April 18 amid another significant fall.

The DSE-20 (DS20) index for 20 selective shares also gained 88.42 points or 5.41 per cent to close at 1722.24 points where it was 1634 points on Tuesday.

The DSE general index (DGEN) rose 63.83 points or 4.19 per cent to close at 1584.60 while it was at 1521 on Tuesday.

A total of 160 issues were traded yesterday. Of them, 121 gained, 24 declined and 15 remained unchanged.

Some 4.27 million shares and debentures worth Tk 324.47 million changed hands on the day against 4.14 million valued Tk 273 million on the previous trading day.

Market capitalization stood at Tk 196.85 billion yesterday against Tk 189.81 billion on Tuesday.