NEPSE index rises 1.06 pc to 2,760.80 led by banks and microfinance shares
KATHMANDU: Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index registered significant gains on the first trading day after the monetary policy for fiscal year 2025/26 was issued, as investors targeted bank and microfinance shares.
Today the NEPSE index rose by 1.06%, or 29 points, to close at 2,760.80. Trading involved 32,592,030 shares of 311 companies across 105,415 transactions, generating a turnover of Rs 11,416,428,467.
The banking sub-index led the advances, climbing 3.37%, while the microfinance index gained 3.50%. The development bank index rose 1.47%, finance index 1.87%, hotels and tourism index 0.48%, life insurance index 0.02%, manufacturing and processing index 0.31% and mutual fund index 1.08%. Other categories declined.
The hydropower index slipped 0.83%, investment index 0.08%, non-life insurance index 0.34%, trading index 0.26% and other sectors fell by 0.27%.
NIC Asia Bank (NICA) posted the largest individual stock gain, while Himalayan Hydropower (HHL) was the day’s heaviest loser, its share price down 9.93%.
By turnover, NICA led the market with Rs 371,499,032. By volume, Sunrise Bluechip Fund (SBCF) topped trading at 2,054,400 shares.
