NEPSE goes green in the first trading day of the week; Support Microfinance ends as the top gainer

NEPSE index has just touched 1,200 points margin as the market increased by 8.11 points to close at 1,200.09 points. The market which had started at 1,191.98 points was volatile throughout the first trading day of the week.

The total turnover for the day was only of Rs 19.38 crore which was achieved through the exchange of 6,67,434 unit shares. The shares of 170 listed companies were exchanged during the trading period through 3,592 transactions.

Century Commercial Bank Limited (CCBLPO) stood ahead in terms of total turnover as the shares worth more than Rs 1.29 crore were exchanged during the trading period. It was also ahead in terms of units of shares traded as 74,710 units were traded during the day.

The shareholders of Support Microfinance Bittiya Sanstha Limited (SMB) earned the most today as the price increased by 54 points and its LTP stood at Rs 817. However, the shareholders of Nepal Hydro Developers Limited (NHDL) lost the most during the day’s trade as the price decreased by 12 points and the LTP stood at Rs 168.

Both the sensitive index and float index increased by 1.76 points and 0.6 points respectively.

Out of the sub-indices, only Finance ended in the red zone losing 1.57 points. Insurance sector gained 43.49 points which was followed by Hotels gaining 40.66 points.