Weekly Analysis: NEPSE index slides by 12.38 points with most companies ending up being red.

This week Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) had ­­­4 trading days from Aug 13 to Aug 18; trading closed on Aug 14 (Monday) on the occasion of Shree Krishna Janmasthami. Total shares worth Rs 3.05 arba were traded while manual turnover stood at Rs. 2.04 crores.  The total traded quantity by the end of the week was 8,446,460 with 28,197 total transactions. market summary The total market capitalization at the start of the week stood at Rs.19.26 kharba and by the end the market capitalization stood at Rs. 19.11 kharba, a decrease by 0.75 %, whereas, the floated market capitalization also declined from 6.58 kharba to 6.54 kharba by the end of the week, decrease by 0.72 %. market nepse The week, NEPSE went downhill from the previous week. This week, NEPSE index stood at 1629.13 points while in the previous week, NEPSE index stood at 1,653.53 points, a decrease in NEPSE index by 24 points. The market is in decreasing trend with most of the companies ending up being red. In the opening day of the week, NEPSE index stood at 1,642.13 points, decreasing with 12.38 points and finally closing with 1,629.75 points by the end of the week, a 0.75% decrease in NEPSE index. nepse index weekly The sensitive index; representing a Group A companies also showed a bearish trend with a decrease by 2.25  points; starting with 344.59 at the start of the week and ending with 342.34 by Thursday. Similarly, the float index which representing public (tradable) shares declined by 0.86 points, a 0.72 % decrease starting with 119.30 on Sunday and settling on 118.44 by Thursday. The Sensitive Float index started with 105.97 and ended with 105.35; decrease in index by 0.62 points 0.59%. The sensitive index, measures the performance of Group ‘A’ companies listed by the NEPSE, while the float index shows indicates the performance of public (tradable) shares. This week seemed gloomy for NEPSE with most of the companies ending up red, nearly every sector ended up red this week, the details following the sector wise summary stands as: sector sub-indices The top 10 companies based on total amount traded stands as :- top 10 amount The top 10 companies based on total transactions this week stands as: top 10 total transaction The top 10 gainers this week stands as:- top 10 gainers The top 10 losers this week stands as:- top 10 losers   -Deep Thapa -Anu Lama