KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index, a barometer of the secondary securities market, rose by 33.15 points on Tuesday, closing at 2115.24 points.

With this significant increase, all sector indices turned green.

Compared to Monday, NEPSE experienced a 1.69 percent rise.

According to NEPSE, shares worth Rs 5.55 billion were traded on Tuesday, up from Rs 5.49 billion on Monday.

On this day, the share prices of 203 companies increased, while 41 companies saw a decline in their share prices.

The share prices of Asian Hydropower and Dordi Khola Hydropower remained unchanged.

On Tuesday, the share prices of Barun Hydropower, Green Ventures, Kutheli Bukhari Small Hydropower, and Bhagwati Hydropower Development Company Limited increased by 10 percent.