Stock market sees green: NEPSE index rises by 69.80 points

KATHMANDU: The stock market has seen positive growth today.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index rose by 69.80 points, reaching 2,727.58 points.

A total of 2,484,807 shares from 330 companies were traded 130,913 times, with a transaction volume of Rs 12.95 billion (12,957,764,136.99).

Following today’s transactions, the market capitalization reached Rs 45.25 trillion (45,254,744,431,431).

All subgroups showed growth. Microfinance led with an increase of 4.92%, followed by life insurance companies with 3.71%, and development banks with 3.15%.

Additionally, shares of several financial institutions saw positive circuit breakers, including Unnati Sahakarya Microfinance, Global IME Microfinance, Abhiyan Microfinance, Vijaya Microfinance, Bhugol Energy Development, Gramin Bikas Microfinance, and NMB Microfinance.

However, Community Microfinance experienced a negative circuit breaker in its share price.