Profit booking leads market down by 3.88 points to close at 1764.72 points; turnover of Rs 1.53 arba

On the first trading day of the week, the benchmark index at Nepal Stock Exchange went down by 3.88 points or 0.22% to close at 1764.72 points. Nepse Index opened at 1768.70 points and went up to 1804.94 points during the first trading hour of the day. Overall the market is showing bearish trend. Due to the weak market sentiment, investors are more concerned towards profit booking. The total turnover of the day stood above Rs 1.53 arba, where more than 21.16 lakhs unit shares were traded through 8,068 transactions. Sensitive index and float index went down by 0.76 and 0.43 points respectively. Except Banking, Hydropower, Insurance and Manufacturing & Production all other sectors at Nepse landed in green.