Trading Session Halted for Rest of the Day, Index Reading Inconsistent in NEPSE and TMS

Due to technical issues in the brokers' data center, trading in NEPSE has been halted for the rest of the day.

The exchange had initially unveiled a notice stating that the trading will resume as soon as the issue is resolved. However, NEPSE then unveiled another notice apologizing for the inconvenience and informed that trading has been halted for the rest of the day.

The issue was witnessed by TMS users more than an hour after the trading session opened today. NEPSE CEO Krishna Bahadur Karki claimed that 30 stockbrokers have been affected, which has caused trading accounts opened under them unable to connect to the data center.

The NEPSE index is at 2,668.11, a minimal 0.15 points gain from yesterday's closing, according to nepalstock.com.np. Meanwhile, the TMS account from one of the brokers reveals that the index is at 2,672.17, which is a 4.19 points gain from yesterday's closing. The NEPSE index closed at 2,667.97 yesterday after gaining 101.07 points from last week's closing.