KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) rose today (Tuesday), the third trading day of the week. However, the transaction amount has decreased.

After falling by 71.05 points on Sunday and 47.71 points on Monday, NEPSE rose by 19.70 points on Tuesday. Increasing by 0.69% compared to the previous trading day, NEPSE reached the 2,851.09 level.

On this day, the Sensitive Index also increased by 3.26 points to stop at the 484.84 level. On a percentage basis, this is 0.67% higher compared to the previous trading day. Similarly, the Float Index increased by 0.64%, while the Sensitive Float Index also moved upward by 1.02%.

In the share market on Tuesday, 27,942,779 units of shares were bought and sold through 137,857 transactions of 339 companies. Accordingly, a turnover of Rs 11.112 billion occurred on Tuesday.

On Sunday, a turnover of Rs 15.033 billion had occurred, while on Monday, a turnover of Rs 12.966 billion was recorded.

The share prices of 195 companies increased in NEPSE today. While the share prices of 63 companies moved downward, the share prices of nine companies remained stable. Among the 13 groups traded in NEPSE on Tuesday, only the sub-indices of mutual funds and other groups decreased. The sub-indices of all the remaining 11 groups have increased. On Sunday and Monday, the indices of all subgroups were “in the red.”

Accordingly, the index of the Commercial Bank group increased by 0.76%, Development Bank by 0.80%, Finance by 1.12%, Hotels and Tourism by 1.00%, Hydropower by 0.75%, and the sub-index of the Investment group by 0.56%.

Similarly, life insurance increased by 0.52%, manufacturing and processing by 1.94%, and the microfinance group by 0.51%. While the mutual fund decreased by 0.07%, the sub-index of the non-life insurance group moved upward by 0.76%.

Likewise, while the sub-index of the other group moved downward by 0.55%, the index of the trading group increased by 0.74%.

A positive circuit was hit in the share prices of five companies in NEPSE on Tuesday. Those hitting the positive circuit include Reliance Spinning Mills, Bhujung Hydropower, Super Khudi Hydropower, Ridge Line Energy, and Hotel Forest Inn. That is, the investors of these five companies earned 10%.

Similarly, the investors of Saptakoshi Development Bank suffered a loss of 8.96%.

On the basis of transaction amount, Ridi Power Company has been in the leading position for three consecutive days. Today, a transaction of Rs 484.8 million of Ridi Power occurred.

On Sunday, the transaction of Ridi was Rs 711.1 million, while on Monday, it was Rs 684.1 million.

Similarly, on the basis of the number of shares traded, Kumari Bank remained at the forefront. 1,560,061 units of Kumari’s shares were bought and sold. The final transaction price of Kumari remained at Rs 232 per unit.