KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 28
The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) continues its downward trend on Tuesday with a decline of 2.17 points or 0.11 percent, bringing the index to 1,894.53 points.
Along with the drop in the benchmark index, the sensitive index, which evaluates the performance of 'A' class stocks, saw a decline of 0.23 percent or 0.86 points, closing at 361.85 points. The float index, reflecting the performance of actively traded shares, also dropped by 0.10 percent, adding 0.13 points to reach 130.84 points.
During the trading session, a total of 4,727,902 units of shares from 290 different companies were exchanged in 47,333 transactions, resulting in a total turnover of Rs 1.280 billion, a drop from yesterday's Rs 1.348 billion. The overall market capitalization reached Rs 2.921 trillion.
In today's trading, only five sub-indices were in the green, with the Hotel and Tourism index gaining the most with a 3.33 percent or 169.84-point rise, followed by Mutual Fund, Manufacturing and Processing, Finance, and Hydropower indices. Meanwhile, all the other sub-indices were in the red, with the Trading index leading the pack of losers with a 0.99 percent loss.
In today's trading, Sonapur Minerals and Oil Limited (SONA) led in turnover and transactions, with 283,941 units of its shares traded for a total of Rs 84,998,864.10 in 9,205 transactions.
