The gold price climbed above the level of $2,000 per Troy ounce during the trading session at Comex for the first time since June 2 of this year, according to market data.
The gold price had reached $2,000.4 per Troy ounce (up 0.43%) but then rolled back to $1,998 per Troy ounce, plus 0.35%.
Silver prices at the same ticked up by 0.53% to $24.49 per Troy ounce.
The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), inched up 13.96 points, or 0.22 per cent, to close at 6,338.77. The DS30, the blue-chip index, increased 3.26 per cent to 2,160.67 while the DSES, the Shariah-compliant index, went up 2.96 per cent to 1,373.88.
Of the securities, 110 advanced, 60 declined and 170 did not show any price movement.