KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) experienced a decline of 17.93 points on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.

The market opened today with a delay of 24 minutes compared to the previous session, closed witnessing a drop of 17.93 points and concluding at 1876.60 points.

Trading activity amounted to 114,195,575 rupees, involving the buying and selling of 3,359,601 shares across 29,883 transactions involving 285 companies.

Among these, 42 companies observed an increase in their share prices, while the share prices of 190 companies decreased, and the share prices of 7 companies remained unchanged.