NEPSE gains 28.31 points and closes at 2,267.73; Top 7 Gaines Hit 10% Positive Circuit

The NEPSE index gained 28.31 points and closed at 2,267.73. The index opened at 2,243.16 and made an intraday low at 2,233.61. The index then closed at the intraday high itself, which is a 1.26% upwards tick from yesterday's close.

13,531,227 shares traded hands via 45,569 transactions. The trading of 202 scrips brought the total market turnover to a little over Rs. 4.98 Arba. This is lower than yesterday's turnover of Rs. 5.52 Arba. While the float index gained 2.02 points and closed at 155.41, the Sensitive index is at 433.28 after gaining 3.89 points.

Premier Insurance Company Limited (PIC) has the highest individual scrip turnover of a little over Rs. 29.06 crores. PIC had declared a dividend this morning. The units of Siddhartha Investment Growth Scheme-2 (SIGS2) traded the most today.

The top 7 highest gainers have technically hit a 10% positive circuit today.

Meanwhile, Nepal Hydro Developer Limited (NHDL) lost the most 3.78%. NHDL is closely tailed by Premier Insurance Company Limited (PIC) with a loss of 2.29%.

Only Trading lost a minimal 0.61% today. Among all other sectors that gained, Hydropower gained the most 3.6%.