KATHMANDU: On the first trading day of the week today, Monday, the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index fell by double digits. Fluctuating throughout the day, the NEPSE index ultimately closed in the red. The turnover amount on NEPSE also decreased compared to the previous day.

The NEPSE dropped by 12.26 points on Monday. Declining by 0.45% compared to the previous trading day, the NEPSE index stopped at 2,711.76 points.

Today, the sensitive index also decreased by 0.96 points to stop at 466.13 points. On a percentage basis, this is 0.20% lower than the previous trading day. Similarly, the float index dropped by 0.30 percent and the sensitive float index declined by 0.16%.

In the stock market on Monday, at least 10,739,998 shares of 350 companies were bought and sold 51,702 times. Accordingly, a turnover of Rs 4.412 billion was recorded on Monday.

Only 73 companies saw an increase in their share prices in the stock market today. While the share prices of 188 companies moved downward, the share prices of 12 companies remained stable. Out of the 13 groups traded on NEPSE today, Monday, the index of the Manufacturing and Processing group increased by 0.11 percent. The indices of the remaining 12 groups turned red.

Accordingly, on Monday, the sub-indices of Commercial Bank dropped by 0.02 percent, Development Bank by 0.54 percent, Finance by 1.26 percent, Hotels and Tourism by 0.44 percent, Hydropower by 0.49 percent, Investment by 0.34 percent, and the Life Insurance group by 0.29 percent. On the other hand, the index of the Manufacturing and Processing group increased by 0.11 percent.

Similarly, the sub-indices of microfinance went down by 0.05 percent, mutual funds by 0.14 percent, non-life insurance by 0.91 percent, others by 1.82 percent, and the Trading group by 1.42 percent.

On Monday, investors of Sopan Pharmaceuticals earned 14.99 percent on NEPSE. Investors of Green Development Bank lost 7.94 percent in their share price.

In terms of transaction volume, Ankhu Khola Hydropower Company held the top position today. A turnover of Rs 388.5 million was recorded for it on Monday.

Likewise, in terms of the number of traded shares, Himalayan 80-20 mutual fund was ahead today. A total of 1,352,532 units of its shares were traded on Monday. Its final trading price today was maintained at Rs 11.70 per unit.