Nepse Index dips by 11.78 points with turnover above Rs 79.46 crore
Sun, Aug 20, 2017 3:27 PM on Latest, Featured, NEPSE News, Stock Market,

On the first trading day of the week, the benchmark index at Nepal Stock Exchange Limited (NEPSE) went down by 11.78 points or 0.72% to close at 1617.97 points.
Nepse Index opened at 1628.53 points and local bourse was seen in downward trend. The total turnover of the day stood above Rs 79.46 crore in which more than 46.78 lakh units shares were traded through 7,286 transactions.
Prime Life Insurance Company Limited (PLIC) has topped the list of companies in terms of turnover (Rs 5.43 crore) while Siddhartha Investment Growth Scheme (SIGS1) was at the top in terms of number of shares traded (16.33 lakh units).
The best performer of the day was Swarojgar Laghubitta Bikas bank Limited (SLBBL) hitting 10% positive circuit break while Himalayan Distillary Limited (HDL) was among the biggest loser today.
Sensitive and float index slightly went down by 2.36 and 0.95 points respectively.
Except Hotels sub-group, all other groups landed in red. Insurance sub-group witnessed the biggest drop of 39.74 points.






