KATHMANDU: Heeding to Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada’s positive cues regarding investment in share market, share investors went on a buying spree on Tuesday, causing the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index to advance by 2.39

per cent or 26.91 points to 1,150.74 points.

The daily turnover stood at Rs 383.96 million with 1.38 million units of shares of 171 firms traded through 7,129 transactions. Four companies — Shivam Cements, Gurans Lagubitta Bittiya Sanstha, Ridhi Bidyut and Api Power — recorded positive circuit breakers. Of the total 12 sub-indices, 11 landed in the green zone, while the subgroup of mutual funds dipped by a marginal 0.04 point to 9.39 points.