KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index increased by 28.73 points, closing at 2,639.37, marking a 0.10% rise. Today, shares of 335 companies totaling 12,459,951 units were traded in 84,990 transactions, with a total turnover of NPR 647.37 crore.

All sectoral sub-indices showed gains today. The Production & Processing sector rose the most by 3.05%, followed by Development Banks (2.70%) and Hotels & Tourism (2.53%). Other sector increases include: Banking 0.67%, Finance 0.83%, Life Insurance 0.49%, Hydropower 1.14%, Investment 1.25%, Microfinance 0.53%, Mutual Funds 0.43%, Non-life Insurance 0.57%, Trading 0.22%, and Others 0.73%.

Shares of Sagar Distillery Limited, SY Panel Nepal Limited, Shringar Agritech Industries Limited, Bandipur Cable Car & Tourism Limited, and Ruru Hydropower Project Limited hit the positive circuit limit. On the other hand, the Standard Chartered Bank Limited Debenture fell the most, down 2.49%.

Based on both turnover and volume, Shivam Cement Limited recorded the highest trading value today at NPR 38.69 crore, with 622,840 shares exchanged.