This week, on the first day of trading, Sunday, the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index has decreased. This day, the NEPSE index dropped by 25.41 points, settling at 2,609.67 points.
A total of 8,081,631 shares of 301 companies were bought and sold 46,614 times, with the total transaction amount shrinking to NPR 3.99 billion, 79 million, 9 thousand, and 323. The sub-indices of all groups have decreased.
The highest decrease was seen in the Finance Group, which dropped by 3.60%, followed by the Development Bank Group, which dropped by 1.60%. The Banking sector dropped by 0.86%, Hotels and Tourism by 0.77%, Hydropower by 1.44%, Investment by 0.39%, and Life Insurance by 0.12%.
The Manufacturing and Processing sector dropped by 1.36%, Microfinance by 0.87%, Mutual Funds by 0.42%, Non-life Insurance by 0.73%, Trade by 0.10%, and other sectors by 0.60%.
In today’s trading, the share price of Bin Nepal Microfinance Financial Institution Limited has hit a positive circuit, while the share price of Nyadi Hydropower Limited has hit a negative circuit.
In terms of trading amount, the highest transaction was of NRNA Infrastructure and Development Limited, amounting to NPR 204.1 million, 53 thousand, 872. In terms of the number of shares traded, the most were from Singti Hydro Energy Limited, with 636,804 shares bought and sold.