KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index witnessed a significant increase, rising by 5.91 points to close at 2076.50 points on Wednesday.

On this day, a total of 302 companies participated in trading, involving 123,63,027 shares and resulting in transactions worth Rs 4,252,722,895.

Among the companies, the share prices of 132 increased, while 111 experienced a decline in their share values.

Furthermore, the share prices of 4 companies remained stable at the end of Wednesday’s trading session.