KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) closed with a slight increase today (Thursday), the final trading day of the week. Despite fluctuations throughout the day, NEPSE eventually stabilized, rising by 5.82 points.

This week, NEPSE declined on Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday, while it saw gains on Tuesday and Thursday. NEPSE had plummeted by 71.05 points on Sunday and 47.71 points on Monday. On Tuesday, it rose by 19.70 points before sliding again by 74.73 points on Wednesday.

Today, on the last trading day of the week, NEPSE climbed 5.82 points to settle at the 2,782.18 level. This marks a 0.20% increase compared to the previous trading day. However, the Sensitive Index fell by 0.39 points to close at 473.23, a decrease of 0.08% from the prior day.

In the share market on Thursday, at least 21,318,929 units of shares from 328 companies were traded across 103,225 transactions. Consequently, a turnover of Rs 8.819 billion was recorded on Thursday.

On Sunday, turnover stood at Rs 15.033 billion, followed by Rs 12.966 billion on Monday. Turnover was Rs 11.112 billion on Tuesday and Rs 12.109 billion on Wednesday.

The share prices of 98 companies increased today, while 158 companies saw a decline and 12 remained stable. Among the 13 groups traded on Thursday, sub-indices for seven groups rose while the remaining six groups declined.

Specifically, while the Commercial Bank group index fell by 0.11%, the Development Bank group index rose by 0.48%. The Finance group index dropped by 0.87%. Hotels and tourism increased by 0.39%, hydropower by 0.05%, and the investment life insurance group sub-index by 0.15%.

Additionally, while the life insurance group fell by 0.19%, manufacturing and processing surged by 1.77%. The microfinance group declined by 0.29%, while mutual funds rose by 0.15%. The non-life insurance sub-index fell by 0.33% and the other groups by 0.03%. Meanwhile, the trading group index saw an increase of 2.53%.

A positive circuit was hit in the share prices of three companies on Thursday: Reliance Spinning Mills, Rige Line Energy, and Suryakunda Hydro Electric. This means investors in these three companies earned 10%.

Conversely, investors in Bhugol Energy Development Company suffered a loss of 3.06%.

The SY Panel company led in terms of transaction amount, with a turnover of Rs 357 million today.

In terms of the number of shares traded, Kumari Bank remained at the forefront. 1,079,921 units of Kumari’s shares were bought and sold on Thursday. On Tuesday, at least 1,560,061 units were traded, and yesterday (Wednesday), some 1,882,209 units were traded. The final transaction price of Kumari was maintained at Rs 222 per unit.