As Guyanese lethargically recovered from the exhausting Christmas and New Year celebrations, so did the trading wheels of the Guyana Stock Exchange (GSE). The GSE made a slow start to the new trading year despite the notable rise in the stock price of Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) on the opening day of trading for the New Year. Only four of the stocks on the exchange participated in the first trading session for 2011. These were Banks DIH, Demerara Bank Limited (DBL), Republic Bank Limited (RBL) and Sterling Products Limited (SPL). The performance among the four participating stocks