KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 12
The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) experienced a rebound on Tuesday, gaining 36.86 points or 1.89%, closing at 1,985.44 points. This follows a 15.40-point decline on Monday, which came on the heels of Sunday's dramatic events featuring a 111-point surge.
Simultaneously, the sensitive index, evaluating the performance of 'A' class stocks, also saw an uptick to 374.36 points, indicating a 4.94-point or 1.33% gain. Similarly, the float index, reflecting the performance of actively traded shares, also made positive strides, reaching 137.01 points, marking a 2.26-point or 1.68% gain.
Despite the increase in the benchmark index today, the daily turnover, which stood at Rs 4.842 billion on Monday despite the index decline, experienced a drop to Rs 4.309 billion. This change resulted from the exchange of 12,463,168 units of shares from 297 companies, occurring through 95,433 transactions.
The total market capitalization today increased to Rs 3.061 trillion.
In today's trading, the majority of scrips showed positive movement, with 214 advancing, 24 declining, and four remaining unchanged.
Positive trends were observed across all sub-indices, with the Hotels and Tourism index leading with a 4.33% gain. It was followed by the Hydropower index with a 3.30% increase, the Finance index with a 3.23% gain, and the Life Insurance index with a 3.05% increase.
Sonapur Minerals and Oil Limited (SONA) claimed the top position in terms of volume and transactions, with 429,827 units of its shares transacted in 10,354 transactions, totaling Rs 151,029,184.80. Meanwhile, Shivam Cements Ltd (SHIVM) secured the top position for turnover, with 352,204 units of its shares traded for Rs 180,711,488.50.
In today's market, Bottlers Nepal (Balaju) Ltd (BNL), Dhaulagiri Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd (DLBS), Nepal Republic Media Limited (NRM), and Sonapur Minerals and Oil Limited (SONA) emerged as the top gainers with with a remarkable 10% increase in their share values.
