The benchmark Nepse had begun to move into green zone after hitting a 29-month low two weeks ago. Loss in sub-indices of most of the trading groups dragged down Nepse on Tuesday´s trading.
Banking, a heavyweight trading group in the secondary market, lost 11.33 points to close at 527.67 with most of the commercial banks seeing their share prices drop. Similarly, the sub-indices of Development Bank and Hydropower groups also dropped 3.13 points and 3.31 points to settle at 598.64 and 810 points respectively. Hydropwer and Finance groups also saw their sub-indices go down by 2.53 points and 0.26 points to end at 561.69 points and 571.9 respectively. However, the Others group gained by 5.88 points to reach 593.34 points.
A total of 103,722 units of shares and 57 scrips worth Rs 63.34 million changed hands through 1,723 transaction on Tuesday´s trading.
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