KATHMANDU: On the first trading day of the week, Monday, the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) rose by a single digit.

Today, NEPSE increased by 7.73 points to settle at 2,796.43 points. This is an increase of 0.27 percent compared to the previous trading day. On this day, the sensitive index also rose by 1.64 points to close at 469.72 points, which is 0.35 percent higher than the previous trading day. Similarly, the float index increased by 0.40 percent and the sensitive float index by 0.39 percent.

In the share market on Monday, at least 10,928,617 unit shares of 351 companies were traded through 81,006 transactions. Accordingly, a turnover of Rs 4.748 billion was recorded on Monday.

The share prices of 157 companies increased today. While the share prices of 102 companies declined, those of 10 companies remained stable. Out of 13 sectors traded on NEPSE today, the sub-indices of eight sectors rose while the remaining five sectors declined.

According to the data, the sub-indices for Commercial Bank rose by 0.68 percent, Development Bank by 1.14 percent, Finance by 0.44 percent, and the Hotel and Tourism group by 0.97 percent.

While the sub-indices for hydropower decreased by 0.19 percent and investment by 0.28 percent, life insurance increased by 0.13 percent, manufacturing and processing by 1.52 percent, and microfinance by 0.29 percent.

Similarly, the Mutual Fund group decreased by 0.07 percent, while the Non-Life Insurance sub-index rose by 0.12 percent. The Others group declined by 0.44 percent and the Trading subindex by 1.39 percent.

On Monday, three companies hit the positive circuit breaker on NEPSE, meaning their share prices increased by 15 percent. Shareholders of Corporate Development Bank, Palpa Cement Industries, and Shikhar Power Development earned 15 percent. Conversely, investors in NIFRA Green Energy debentures lost 14.01 percent.

In terms of turnover amount, Reliance Spinning Mills remained at the top. A turnover of Rs 307.4 million was recorded for Reliance today.

Likewise, based on the number of shares traded, NMB Hybrid Fund was at the forefront today. On Monday, at least 1,003,127 units of this fund were traded. Its final trading price was maintained at Rs 9 and 65 paisa per unit.