KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) experienced a slight increase on Monday.
The market, which has been in a continuous bull trend, showed significant volatility today, leading to a minor correction.
NEPSE rose by 2.15 points, reaching 2488.09 points.
Despite the overall increase, the Sensitive Index, Float Index, and Sensitive Float Index saw declines.
Shares of 309 companies were traded, with the stock prices of 7 out of 13 groups increasing, while the remaining 6 groups saw a decline.
The Manufacturing group experienced the highest increase, with its index rising by 160.07 points to 7542.58 points.
Conversely, the Development Bank group saw the largest decrease, dropping by 31.58 points to 4945.28 points.
The Investment group saw the smallest decline, falling by 0.42 points to 90.17 points.
On Monday, the shares of 115 companies increased in value, leading to a trading volume of approximately Rs 14 billion.
Meanwhile, the shares of 121 companies decreased, and 6 companies remained unchanged.
A total of 39,754,711 shares, worth Rs 13.91 billion, were traded 170,559 times today.
Muktinath Krishi Company saw a positive circuit, with its share price increasing by 10 percent, while Ganapati Microfinance experienced a nearly 10 percent decline.
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