KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index climbed around three points in the morning and plateaued thereafter till mid-session. Nonetheless, the index held ground before witnessing a surge late in the afternoon to touch intraday high of 1,166 points. The benchmark index corrected slightly in the final trading hour to eventually end Wednesday's trading at 1,161.47 points – up 10.11 points against the earlier session.

KATHMANDU: Local stocks struggled since the beginning of Wednesday's session and continued to see weakness throughout the day. The Nepal Stock Exchange dropped around three points in the initial trading hour and traded flat in the afternoon. Following a slight dip in the final trading hours, the benchmark index closed the day at 1,137.03 points – down 5.01 points against the preceding session.

KATHMANDU, June 1: Shares worth Rs 4 billion 331 million 624 thousand were traded in the share market this week.

Nepse tumbles for four weeks in a row

February 16, 2019 10:30 am

KATHMANDU: Stocks continued to struggle throughout the week as Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index saw red in four out of the five trading days.

KATHMANDU: Stocks came under slight pressure at the beginning of trading on Tuesday. Nonetheless, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index pared its initial losses in the afternoon and maintained a slight positive bias throughout the remaining session. At the close, the index registered a gain of 2.83 points to settle at 1,147.10 points.

KATHMANDU: The benchmark equity index began the week's trading on a weak note. The first trading session of the week on Sunday saw the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) witness a loss of more than 10 points on the day. However, the Nepse index recovered slightly and added over 2 points on Monday.

KATHMANDU: Weakness carried over from the previous day to the beginning of Tuesday's session as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index shed over 5 points in the initial trading hour on Tuesday. The index recouped all its initial losses to trade higher in the afternoon and closed 0.78 points higher to close at 1,168.83 points.

Stocks close the week slightly higher

January 19, 2019 03:05 am

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index which traded range bound in the previous week, witnessed slight strength in this week's trading. In spite of a slightly skeptic start on Sunday with a loss of almost 6 points, the benchmark index recovered all the initial losses by mid-week. After recouping 3 points on Monday, Tuesday saw the equity index add more than 17 points.

Nepse snaps four-day winning run

December 19, 2018 13:28 pm

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Trading began on a slightly positive note on Tuesday. The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index climbed marginally in early trading. However, a significant drop in stock prices followed, dragging the index down by almost 17 points. The index then wavered in the remaining trading hours to close slightly above its intraday low. Eventually, Nepse closed at 1,168.17 points – down by 14.61 points compared to Monday's closing.

Nepse gains for third straight day

December 17, 2018 10:23 am

KATHMANDU, Dec 17: The market saw significant strength on the first trading day of the week. Stocks trading began on a positive note on Sunday as the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) rallied almost 20 points by midday. The index pulled back slightly from its intraday high of 1168.75 later in the afternoon. However, a short spike toward the close saw the Nepse index hold on to a gain of 18.89 points, or 1.64 percent, to close the day at 1,167.67 points.

Nepse ends week on positive note

December 14, 2018 08:39 am

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Stocks trading was lackluster till mid-session on Thursday -- the last trading day of the week. But stocks gained ground later in the afternoon and the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) closed 7.60 points higher at 1,148.78 points.

Nepse snaps two-day winning run

December 12, 2018 09:51 am

KATHMANDU, Dec 12: Stocks logged gains in initial trading on Tuesday. However, the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index began its decline in the afternoon session, giving up its earlier gains to trade slightly lower for the remaining session. At the close, Nepse dropped a modest 3.08 points to settle at 1,141.10 points.

Nepse begins the week in green

December 10, 2018 09:54 am

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index started the session on a positive note on Sunday. The benchmark Nepse index recouped some of its preceding week losses by maintaining positive bias throughout the session. At the close, the index was up 10.85 points at 1,131.70 points.

KATHMANDU: Stocks traded flat in early trade on Tuesday. However, the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index moved slightly to the upside on midday and continued to maintain positive bias throughout the session eventually posting a gain of 10.27 points to close at 1,142.01 points.

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: The equity market remained under pressure since the beginning of Sunday's trading session ending the day firmly in the red. The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) Index slumped over 17 points or 1.54 percent to close at 1,130.63 points. With the day's decline, the index hit a 3-year low.

Nepse at 52-week low of 1,149 points

November 30, 2018 01:05 am

KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Stocks witnessed continuous decline throughout Thursday's trading session. Despite making marginal gains initially, the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index traded on a weaker note, losing 10.37 points to end the last trading day of the week at 1,148.70 points.

Nepse index hits double-digit fall

November 29, 2018 17:06 pm

KATHMANDU, Nov 29: The price of shares in the domestic stock market has dropped by two digits.

Stocks extend losses

November 21, 2018 09:41 am

KATHMANDU: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index, which maintained negative bias for most of the trading hours, witnessed a sharp decline in the closing minutes on Monday. As a result, the benchmark index shed 8.36 points to close at 1,181.84 points.

Nepse slips below 1,200 points

November 19, 2018 10:41 am

KATHMANDU: Stocks came under pressure in the first trading day of the week as the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index dropped more than 11 points in the beginning hour. Weakness continued in the remaining trading hours with the index closing at 1,194.87 points, down 10.14 points compared to the session earlier.

KATHMANDU, Nov 17: Stocks resumed post holidays trading on Sunday. However, trading remained largely affected by glitches in the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse)'s official website in the first few sessions of the week. The benchmark Nepse index shed almost 30 points in the first two trading days.

Stocks end week with a modest drop

November 16, 2018 00:05 am

KATHMANDU: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) posted a loss of 3.36 points to settle at 1,205.20 points on Thursday. Though the benchmark index had begun trading session of the last week on a positive note by gaining more than 5 points in the initial trading hour, stocks struggled to hold on to the earlier gains and ended the day in red.

Nepse down 17 points

November 12, 2018 09:44 am

KATHMANDU: The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index struggled throughout Sunday’s trading session. The index fell sharply in the initial trading hours and shed more than 14 points by mid-session. Though the selling pressure eased slightly in the final trading hours, Nepse still posted a notable loss of 17.31 points to close the day at 1,205.22 points.

KATHMANDU: Stocks fluctuated around the unchanged line for most of the initial trading session on Tuesday. Consequently, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) Index traded flat till mid-session. However, stocks came under slight pressure in the latter trading hours as the index dropped by a modest 2.70 points to end the day at 1,241.84 points.

NEPSE index suffers modest dip

October 4, 2018 17:09 pm

KATHMANDU, Oct 4: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index today suffered a slight dip of 3.23 points to close at 1,227.37. The sensitive index, which measures the performance of class 'A' stocks, also went down by 0.82 points to rest at 260.24. Over 1.58 million shares of the total 165 companies were traded at more than Rs 428 million.

Nepse snaps four-day losing streak

October 3, 2018 09:41 am

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index posted a marginal gain on Tuesday to end four-day losing run. The index traded higher in the initial trading hour, adding 9 points. Though the index pulled back in the remaining session, it managed to close 2.69 points higher at 1,241.36 points.

Nepse snaps six-day losing streak

August 29, 2018 10:45 am

KATHMANDU: Stocks traded lower for most of the trading session on Tuesday. The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index came under pressure from the very beginning of the trading session. However, a pullback toward the final trading hour saw the Nepse index recoup all its intraday losses to close 1.37 points higher at 1,177.09 points.