KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index has seen a surge of double digits on Tuesday, second trading day of the week.

The NEPSE index climbed by 10.14 points, reaching a steady 2,041.70 points today.

With a turnover of Rs. 2.35 billion, involving 6,842,392 shares of various 310 companies being traded 49,512 times.

In today’s trading, the finance group saw a decrease of 0.06 points, life insurance group saw a decrease of 0.18 points, and trading group saw a decrease of 0.14 percent, while all other groups saw an increase in their sub-indices.

Among them, the production and promotion group increased by 2.11 points, and the hydropower group increased by 1.58 percent.

Dolpa Power Company Limited’s share price hit the positive circuit, while the share price of Dhualagiri Microfinance Financial Institution Limited decreased by 9.35 percent today.

In terms of transaction amount, Shivam Cement Limited has conducted transactions worth Rs. 93,139,070 while in terms of the number of shares traded, Joshi Hydro Power Development Company Limited saw the highest -transactions of 234,624 shares.