KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index gained 56.10 points to close at 1,930.97 points on Tuesday.

The index has posted gains for three straight trading days. The index had gained 16.39 points yesterday.

The index that opened at 1,876.55 points made an intraday low of 1,871.77 points, an intraday high of 1,931.54 points before closing at 1,930.99 points.

A total of 3,971,594 units of 231 companies worth Rs 1.29 billion changed hands through 27,932 transactions today.

All the sub indices closed green with ‘Finance’ going up by 5.5 percent followed by ‘Others’ at 5.28 percent and ‘Trading’ 4.56 percent.

NIC Asia Bank topped the listed companies in terms of turnover, while Sayapatri Hydropower Ltd was at the top in terms of number of transactions. In terms of volume, Hydroelectricity Investment and Development Company Ltd led the list of listed companies with 137,208 units of shares traded.

Nyadi Hydropower Limited (NYADI) gained the highest 10% and hit positive circuit for the day. NCC Debenture 2086 lost 3.91 percent today.