The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index saw a double-digit gain on Wednesday. After a slight correction on Tuesday, the NEPSE index rose by 23.86 points to reach 2,700.04.
Today, the Sensitive Index increased by 1.08 points, the Float Index by 0.83 points, and the Sensitive Float Index by 0.45 points.
Despite the rise in NEPSE, the total transaction amount decreased by approximately NPR 350 million compared to Tuesday. On Wednesday, 104.42 million shares of 318 stocks were traded 53,884 times, amounting to NPR 5.44 billion.
Central Finance’s stock was traded at its upper circuit level. Vishal Bazar Company’s stock price increased by nearly 10%, while Upakar Laghubitta Financial Institution’s stock rose by more than 9%. However, Bottlers Nepal faced a negative circuit breaker, with several other stocks declining by more than 5%.
In terms of transaction volume, CEDB Holdings Limited topped the list with shares worth NPR 365.5 million traded. Himalayan Reinsurance followed with over NPR 350 million, while Ngadi Group Power saw trades worth around NPR 275 million.
Among 13 sub-indices, 11 recorded gains, while 2 declined. The trading sub-index saw the highest gain of 9.44%, followed by the finance sub-index with over 3% and the investment sub-index with over 1%. The manufacturing and processing sub-index recorded the highest decline of 1.47%.
