Nepal Stock Exchange Sees Modest Gains Amid High Trading Volume

Kathmandu. The benchmark index of the share market (NEPSE) saw a slight improvement on one trading day of the week. On Sunday, the NEPSE index increased by 4.45 points to close at 2824.90. This represents a growth of 0.15 percent compared to the previous trading day.

Although the index saw a minor rise, the trading volume was quite encouraging. Today, transactions worth NPR 14.3296 billion took place, with 39.549 million shares of a total of 350 companies being traded.

Investors in Solu Hydro earned the highest profit today, gaining 10 percent. Similarly, the share price of Salpa Development Bank rose by 9.99 percent and Hotel Front's price increased by 9.93 percent, nearing a positive circuit.

Greenlife Hydropower and Abhimaan Microfinance also saw significant improvements in their share prices. The biggest decline today was seen in Dharmakhola Hydropower, which dropped by 10 percent.

Except for a 2.83 percent improvement in the index of other groups, the fluctuations in other groups were not particularly significant today. However, the Hotel, Investment, Life Insurance, and Mutual Fund groups declined today.

Today, the share prices of a total of 124 companies increased, while the prices of 130 companies declined. The share price of 9 companies remained stable.

In terms of trading volume, Greenlife Hydropower led today. The company's shares were traded for over NPR 811.2 million. Following this, Ree Energy Power Company saw transactions worth NPR 679.6 million, National Hydropower NPR 625.5 million, and Himal Dolakha Hydropower NPR 551.3 million.