KATHMANDU, MARCH 29
The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) declined sharply by 71.05 points or 2.40 percent on Sunday, closing at 2,879.11 points on the first trading day of the week.
The sensitive index, which measures the performance of Class 'A' stocks, fell by 2.57 percent, while the float index, tracking actively traded shares, dropped by 2.62 percent.
All sectoral indices ended in the red, with the finance sector posting the highest loss of 3.37 percent. Most sectors recorded losses exceeding 2 percent, except for the manufacturing and processing sector, which declined by 1.07 percent.
In terms of turnover, the market recorded an intraday transaction volume of Rs 15 billion, with 35,248,397 units of shares of 333 companies traded through 196,158 transactions.
By the end of the session, total market capitalisation stood at Rs 4.888 trillion.
On the individual stock front, 255 scrips declined, while 10 advanced and one remained unchanged. Despite the overall market downturn, three companies - Reliance Spinning Mills Limited, Super Khudi Hydropower Limited and Ridge Line Energy Limited - hit the upper circuit, gaining 10 percent each.
