Nepse Index went up by 27.59 points to close at 1,745.74 points; Banking sector pushes market in upward trend

On the first trading day of the week, the benchmark index at Nepal Stock Exchange went up by 27.59 points or 1.61% to close at 1,745.74 points. Nepse Index opened at 1719.97 points and was seen in an upward trend. The total turnover of the day stood above Rs 1.36 arba, where more than 22 lakhs unit shares were traded through 7,085 transactions. Sensitive index and float index went up by 5.78 and 2.32 points respectively. Except Banking, Finance, Manufacturing & Production and Others, all the sectors at Nepse landed on red. Banking sector up by 49.97 points. From today the trading time at Nepse has been extended to 4 hours.