Nepse down 72 points in first one hour

KHATHMANDU: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) has gone down by 72 points in the first one hour today, the second trading day of the week.

The bench mark index decreased by 72.10 points to settle at 2,441 till 12 noon today.

Nepse witnessed a transaction worth Rs 1,240,000,000 during the period. Of them, the share value of four companies increased while that of 184 companies witnessed a sharp decline in their share values.

All the sub-groups were on the decreasing trend. The share value of banks, development banks, finance, hotels, tourisms, hydro, microfinance, among others have gone down by 87 points.