KATHMANDU: On the last trading day of the week, NEPSE ended on a positive note, gaining 4.59 points. Over the five trading days, the market rose on three days and fell on two.

Specifically, NEPSE declined on Sunday and Wednesday, while it increased on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Compared to Wednesday, NEPSE rose 0.17 percent to close at 2,640.54 points today. The Sensitive Index also increased by 0.92 points to 455.93, marking a 0.20 percent rise from the previous day.

On Thursday, a total of 328 companies conducted 69,261 transactions, trading 14,301,760 shares, amounting to NPR 4.908 billion. Earlier in the week, NEPSE had dropped 10.29 points on Sunday, then gained 28.73 points on Monday and 9.93 points on Tuesday, before falling 13.35 points on Wednesday. Despite today’s gain, the overall trading volume decreased compared to the previous day.

Out of 13 industry groups, six saw share prices fall while seven registered gains. Commercial and development banks rose by 0.30 percent and 0.18 percent respectively, whereas the finance group declined 0.44 percent. Hotel and tourism shares gained 0.40 percent, hydropower 0.32 percent, life insurance 0.33 percent, and manufacturing and processing 0.49 percent. Conversely, investment fell 0.21 percent, microfinance 0.04 percent, mutual funds 0.19 percent, general insurance 0.26 percent, trading 0.22 percent, and other sectors 0.07 percent.

Among individual stocks, Sanvi Energy Limited recorded the highest gain of 8.16 percent, closing at NPR 795 per share. Super Madi Hydropower Limited suffered the largest loss of 3.90 percent, closing at NPR 518 per share. SY Panel Nepal Limited had the highest trading volume of NPR 2.006 billion, maintaining a closing price of NPR 1,258 per share.