Weekly Analysis: NEPSE still down; NEPSE index closed at 1580 points with most companies ending up being red

This week on NEPSE (August 27- August 31), total shares worth Rs.3.56 arba were traded with manual turnover of Rs. 6.49 crore. The total traded share quantity figure at NEPSE this week stood at 7,584,557 units, with total transactions of 39,829. Figure: Market summary
Market Summary This Week Previous Week
Total Turnover Rs:
3,560,063,448 3,314,965,580
Total Manual Turnover (Rs.) 64,963,794 32,418,392
Total Traded Shares 7,584,557 14,830,881
Total Transactions 39,829 41,124
NEPSE’s total market capitalization stood at Rs.18.63 kharba while the floated market capitalization at the end of the week was a figure of Rs. 6.35 kharba.  In previous week, total market capitalization stood at Rs.19.07 kharba and the floated market capitalization stood at Rs. 6.51 kharba. Figure: capitalization
Capitalization Rs. in Millions Difference
This Week Previous Week Rs. in Millions %
Total Market 1,863,539.52 1,907,374.17 -43,834.65 -2.30%
Floated Market 635,357.52 651,409.10 -16,051.58 -2.46%
This week too, NEPSE still was bearishwith most companies ending up being red. Previous week, the NEPSE index was 1617, while during this week’s closing it stood at 1580, decrease by 37.78 points. Figure: NEPSE index
Index Points Difference
This Week Previous Week Points %
NEPSE 1,580.03 1,617.81 -37.78 -2.34%
Sensitive 331.32 339.94 -8.62 -2.54%
Float 114.52 117.47 -2.95 -2.51%
Sen. Float 101.66 104.52 -2.86 -2.74%
 Similarly, the sensitive index stood at 331.32 points. Previous week, the index closed at 339.94. Likewise, float index by Thursday showed a figure of 114.52 points, decrease by 2.54% and 8.62 points as previous week, the float index stood at 117.47. Lastly, the sensitive float index closed with 101.66 points, decrease by 2.86 points, in the preceding week the index closed with 104.52 points. The float index indicates the performance of public (tradable) shares, while the sensitive index measures the performance of Group ‘A’ companies listed by the NEPSE. The secondary market is still in bearish trend with most of the companies still in decreasing trend. This week too, nearly every sector ended up being red. A brief detail following the sector wise summary stands as: Figure: - Sector-wise summary The week’s top 10 companies based on total amount traded stands as:
Top 10 Total Traded Shares
S.N Companies Shares
1 Siddhartha Investment Growth Scheme-1 660,800
2 Siddhartha Equity Orineted Scheme 518,976
3
NMB Sulav Investment Fund-1 462,520
4 NIC Asia Bank Ltd. 325,879
5 NIBL Samriddhi Fund 1 243,242
6 Janata Bank Nepal Ltd. 232,512
7 Himalayan Power Partner Ltd. 213,739
8 Nabil Balance Fund 1 203,354
9 Citizen Bank International Limited 182,435
10 Guras Life Insurance Company Ltd. Promoter Share 162,642
  Figure: - Top 10 total amount traded The top 10 companies based on total transactions this week, stands as:
Top 10 Total Amount Traded
S.N Companies Rs.
1 Chhimek Laghubitta Bikas Bank Limited 184,267,977
2 NIC Asia Bank Ltd. 147,656,027
3 Nepal Life Insurance Co. Ltd. 141,752,549
4 Nabil Bank Limited 135,414,080
5 Prime Life Insurance Company Limited 105,940,939
6
Swarojgar Laghu Bitta Bikas Bank Ltd.
105,780,303
7 Himalayan Power Partner Ltd. 92,913,228
8 RSDC Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd. 90,833,021
9 Standard Chartered Bank Limited 87,122,462
10 Nepal Investment Bank Limited 78,324,366
  Figure:- Top 10 total transactions The top 10 gainers and top 10 losers as:
Top 10 Total Transaction
S.N Companies Units
1 Himalayan Power Partner Ltd. 7,878
2 NIC Asia Bank Ltd. 1,837
3 RSDC Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd. 1,369
4 Nepal Life Insurance Co. Ltd. 1,171
5
Citizen Bank International Limited
1,023
6 Nabil Bank Limited 942
7 Standard Chartered Bank Limited 942
8 Chhimek Laghubitta Bikas Bank Limited 884
9 Nepal Investment Bank Limited 810
10 Sanima Bank Limited 647
  Figure: top 10 gainers and losers The top 10 companies based on total traded share this week, stands as:
Top 10 Gainers Prices (Rs.)
S.N Companies Increased % This Week Previous Week
1 Swarojgar Laghu Bitta Bikas Bank Ltd. 19.29% 2529 2120
2 Himalayan Distillery Limited 16.50% 1490 1279
3
Naya Nepal Laghubitta Bikas Bank Ltd.
10.91% 2907 2621
4 NagBeli LaghuBitta Bikas Bank Ltd. 10.03% 3850 3499
5 Nirdhan Utthan Bank Limited 9.33% 2320 2122
6 Womi Microfinance Bittiya Sanstha Ltd. 8.95% 2070 1900
7 Himalayan Power Partner Ltd. 8.46% 423 390
8 Shrijana Finance (Bittaya Sanstha) 7.69% 560 520
9 Kuber Merchant Finance Limited 6.57% 227 213
10 Janautthan Samudayic Laghubitta Bikas Bank Ltd. 6.16% 3981 3750
 
Top 10 Losers Prices (Rs.)
S.N Companies Decreased % This Week Previous Week
1
General Finance Ltd.
-15.15% 140 165
2 Central Finance Co. Ltd. -9.18% 178 196
3 Century Commercial Bank Ltd. -7.66% 229 248
4 Hamro Bikas Bank Ltd. -7.33% 215 232
5 Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank Ltd. -7.26% 230 248
6 Synergy Power Development Ltd. -6.32% 178 190
7 Manjushree Finance Ltd. -6.29% 149 159
8 Shangrila Development Bank Ltd. -6.25% 375 400
9 Nepal Bangladesh Bank Limited -6.11% 338 360
10 Bhargav Bikash Bank Ltd. -6.07% 263 280