KATHMANDU, JANUARY 25 The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE), the country's sole secondary market, jumped 57.55 points or 2.12% on Sunday to close at 2,772.17 points on the first trading day of the week. The sensitive index, which evaluates Class 'A' stocks, rose 1.73%, while the float index measuring actively traded shares gained 2.10%. All trading sectors posted gains, with the Hotels and Tourism sector leading with a 3.35% increase. The Manufacturing and Processing sector followed with 2.97%, Investment with 2.84%, Hydropower with 2.74%, and Life Insurance with 2.03%. No other sectors crossed the 2% threshold. The surging market generated a daily turnover of Rs 13.78 billion from the exchange of 30,915,183 share units of 331 companies across 133,529 transactions. In individual stock movements, 240 scrips advanced, 19 declined, and one remained unchanged. Shares of eight companies - SY Panel Nepal Limited, Shreenagar Agritech Industries Limited, Nepal Micro Insurance Company Limited, Bandipur Cable Car and Tourism Limited, Him Star Urja Company Limited, Mabilung Energy Limited, Reliance Finance Limited, and Ankhu Khola Jalvidhyut Company Limited - hit the upper circuit of 10%. Ankhu Khola Jalvidhyut Company Limited emerged as the most traded stock in terms of turnover, volume and transactions, with 1,668,005 shares changing hands worth Rs 435.93 million across 4,100 transactions. By the close of trading, total market capitalization stood at Rs 4.654 trillion.