NEPSE sees minor recovery after five consecutive days of decline

Kathmandu, February 11 — After continuously declining for the last five trading days, the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index showed a slight improvement today.

The NEPSE index increased by 6.54 points to reach a level of 2,683.86.

Today, 299 companies traded a total of 13,968,258 shares in 72,094 transactions, amounting to a turnover of NPR 7.246 billion.

The development bank group rose by 2.37%, hydropower by 1.57%, investment by 0.48%, production and processing by 0.01%, and mutual funds by 0.52%.

However, all other groups saw a decline in their sub-indices.

The banking sector fell by 0.20%, finance by 0.29%, hotel and tourism by 0.47%, life insurance by 0.08%, microfinance by 0.04%, non-life insurance by 0.43%, trade by 1.05%, and other sectors by 0.01%.