KATHMANDU, APRIL 30
The Nepal Stock Exchange surged by 25.93 points or 1.30% on Tuesday, surpassing the 2000-point mark to settle at 2,006.28 points by the end of the trading day.
Accompanying this rise in the benchmark index, the sensitive index, which evaluates the performance of class 'A' stocks, also saw a 1.58% increase, while the float index, gauging actively traded shares, rose by 1.49%.
The market showed predominantly positive trends today, except for the Finance sector, which experienced a 1.18% decline. Other sectors recorded gains, with the Development Bank index leading with a significant 4.90% increase, followed by Hotels and Tourism at 2.53% and the Non-Life Insurance sector at 2.39%.
In terms of individual stocks, 215 companies advanced, 26 declined, and four remained unchanged. Corporate Development Bank (CORBL) stood out with a 10% increase in its share value.
Investor sentiment reflected this positivity, with the daily turnover reaching Rs 4.8 billion from the exchange of 11,838,150 units of shares across 320 companies in 75,271 transactions.
Meanwhile, the total market capitalization stood at Rs 3.181 trillion.
