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ShareSansar, 15th August
    
Sluggish movement today also prevailed in the secondary market as the market zigzag between the ranges of 536 to 538 levels.

Till half of the session, the local bourse traded most of its period in the green terrain but started to dwell in the red zone following the sharp decline after midway.

The market today lost 0.7 points to close at 536.38 levels.

Among, sub-indices, Insurance today made a leap of 5.9 points alongside 1.18 point jump of Others and 0.26 climb of Development.

While, Hotels dropped by 10.62 points followed by Banking with 1.51 points descend and Hydro with 0.97 points fall. Similarly, Finance also slipped by 0.06 points.

All in all, the scrips of 114 companies were traded, out of which 47 scrips gained, 17 remained intact and 50 scrips lost.

The best performers for the day was, Swabalamwan Bikash Bank (SWBBL), closed at Rs 462, with Rs 42 or 10% gain.

Whereas, Lumbini Bank Limited Promotor Share (LUBLPO), closed at Rs 153, was the top loser with Rs 15 or 8.93% loss. Among the shares trading above par, Sewa Bikas Bank Limited (SEWA), closed at Rs 112, was the top loser with Rs 9 or 7.44% loss.

In case of the highest shares traded among mutual fund, Nabil Balance Fund-1 (NBF1), closed at Rs 10.00, topped with 47,345 units. In case of ordinary scrips, Soaltee Hotel Ltd. (SHL), closed at Rs 270, topped with 27,325 units.

In terms of turnover, Global IME Bank Limited Promoter Share (GBIMEP), closed at 128, topped with 647,870 units worth Rs 82,927,360 via 5 transactions.

Among ordinary shares, Chilime Hydro power Co. (CHCL), closed at 1395, topped with 7,801 units worth Rs 10,864,768 via 48 transactions. The broker with the highest standalone dealing of the CHCL was Broker No 38 (Dipshikha Dhitopatra Karobar Co. Pvt. Ltd.) with 15.59%; amounting Rs 3,387,912 via 4 transactions totaling  2,436 units which includes 1 matching transactions tallying  718 units worth Rs 999,456 .

Overall, 1,103,069 units of share were traded by 1,823 transactions worth Rs 217,035,191; the market capitalization by the end of the day tallied to Rs 534,443.93 million.