KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) escalated 5.41 points last week. The secondary market that opened at 938.02 points fell 1.26 points on Monday before following the upward spiral in the rest of the trading days.
Of nine trading groups, five including manufacturing, development banks, hydropower, commercial banks and hotels observed gain. Manufacturing was the top gainer with addition of 32.09 point in its index.
Two groups insurance and finance companies witness fall in their indices. Insurance with downswing of 26.91 point was the topmost loser.
Despite a surge in the Nepse index, the turnover amount, however, plunged 19.41 per cent to Rs 1.28 billion during the review period.
