KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index edged up by 4.59 points on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.
The market, which remained mostly in the red throughout the session, recovered in the final half hour of trading. With the gain, the benchmark index closed at 2,640.54 points.
Trading turnover declined slightly compared to the previous session. While shares worth Rs 5.17 billion were traded a day earlier, Thursday’s turnover stood at Rs 4.90 billion.
Out of the traded companies, share prices of 129 companies increased, while 115 declined and 15 remained unchanged. Movements across all sectoral indices were limited to within one percent.
Among the gainers, the banking sub-index rose by 0.30 percent, development banks by 0.18 percent, hotels and tourism by 0.40 percent, hydropower by 0.32 percent, life insurance by 0.33 percent, manufacturing and processing by 0.49 percent, and non-life insurance by 0.26 percent.
On the downside, the finance sub-index slipped by 0.44 percent, investment by 0.20 percent, microfinance by 0.03 percent, others by 0.07 percent, and trading by 0.22 percent.
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