KATHMANDU: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) has gone down by 14.67 points in the first one on Wednesday.

The benchmark index which started from 1,409.44 points went down by 1.04 percent to reach at 1,393.22 points during the period.

A total of 657,422 units of shares worth Rs 288 million from 156 companies were sold in the first one hour.

The index of all the 12 groups experienced fall during the period. Citizens Investment Fund has made the highest transaction with Rs 44.9 million (with Rs 2,925 per unit of share).

Similarly, Sadhana Laghubitta Bittiya Santha has made the second highest transaction with Rs 24.4 million (Rs 886 per unit of share).