The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index dropped by 18.40 points on Thursday, closing at 2,487 points, marking the lowest level since Ashoj 13 last year. The market has been on a continuous downward trend over the past few days.
During today’s trading session, the share prices of 45 companies increased, while 197 declined, and 9 remained unchanged.
Despite the fall in the index, the trading volume increased slightly. NEPSE reported a total turnover of NPR 3.27 billion, compared to NPR 3.10 billion the previous day.
Among the sectoral indices, only the banking sector rose slightly by 0.02%, while all other sectors declined.
- Development Bank: ↓ 1.15%
- Finance: ↓ 1.28%
- Hydropower: ↓ 1.03%
- Investment: ↓ 0.49%
- Life Insurance: ↓ 0.89%
- Manufacturing & Processing: ↓ 0.73%
- Microfinance: ↓ 0.73%
- Non-Life Insurance: ↓ 0.53%
- Others: ↓ 2.21%
- Trading: ↓ 0.39%
Top Gainers:
- Himalayan Power Partner – ↑ 9.93%
- Kalika Laghubitta – ↑ 5.69%
- Infinity Laghubitta – ↑ 3.89%
- Sagarmatha Lumbini General Insurance – ↑ 3.79%
Top Losers:
- Samaj Laghubitta – ↓ 10%
- Unique Nepal Laghubitta – ↓ 7.33%
- Samata Gharelu Laghubitta – ↓ 6.25%
- Upper Syange Hydropower – ↓ 4.87%
- Nepal Reinsurance Company – ↓ 4.21%
Most Traded Companies:
Muktinath Bikas Bank, Nepal Reinsurance Company, Shivam Cement, NRN Infrastructure, and Himalayan Reinsurance were among the most actively traded stocks of the day.
