KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE), has experienced a slight downturn on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.

The stock market index dropped by 0.87 points and closed at 2000.77 today.

A total of 8,115,658 shares of 308 companies were traded, resulting in a transaction of Rs 2,038,100,977.

While the share prices of 71 companies increased, those of 170 companies decreased, and 7 companies remained stable.