KATHMANDU: On the first day of trading this week, the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index increased by double digits, and the trading volume also increased. The NEPSE index increased by 11.66 points to settle at 2,755.40.

According to NEPSE, 21.12 million 6,000 shares of 328 companies were bought and sold 108,913 times, resulting in a trading volume of Rs 11.54 billion 8337,612, according to NEPSE.

In today’s trading, banking increased by 0.03 percent, investment by 1.33 percent, life insurance by 0.86 percent, production and processing by 2.78 percent, mutual fund by 0.02 percent, non-life insurance by 0.13 percent and other groups by 3.72 percent. The sub-indices of all other groups decreased.

Development Bank decreased by 0.48 percent, Finance by 0.45 percent, Hotels and Tourism by 0.50 percent, Hydropower by 0.56 percent, Microfinance by 0.66 percent and Business Group by 1.32 percent. The share price of Guardian Micro Life Insurance Limited has entered a positive circuit. The share price of Reliance Finance Limited was the biggest decliner, falling by 7.24 percent.

Based on the transaction amount and number of shares traded, Himalayan Reinsurance Limited had the highest number of shares traded, with 990,672 shares worth Rs. 956.451 million.366.