KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index experienced a double-digit fall on the first trading day of the week on Sunday, dropping 10.29 points to close at 2,610.63.
A total of 12.74 million shares from 323 companies were traded 79,702 times, generating a turnover of Rs 5.1 billion.
Among the sectoral indices, the Hotel and Tourism group rose 0.62%, Production and Processing increased 1.04%, and the Trade group gained 0.34%. All other sub-indices recorded losses: Banking fell 0.14%, Development Bank 0.80%, Finance 0.13%, Hydropower 0.49%, Investment 0.32%, Life Insurance 0.88%, Microfinance 0.32%, Mutual Fund 0.29%, Non-Life Insurance 0.86%, and Other groups declined 1.69%.
Win Nepal Microfinance Financial Institution Limited and Srinagar Agritech Industries Limited entered positive circuits today, while Nyadi Hydropower Limited saw its share price fall by 4.32%.
In terms of transaction value, the highest turnover was Rs 300.65 million. By volume, NIC Asia Bank Limited recorded the largest number of shares traded, totaling 634,749 shares.
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