KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Losses from last week carried over to the initial trading session as the Nepal Stock Index (Nepse) index shed more than 16 points on Sunday. However, the index staged a partial recovery on Monday as it recouped 10 points on the day. Subsequently, the index advanced in all the latter sessions of the week. At the close, Nepse posted a weekly gain of 29.69 points or 2.51 percent to close at 1,210.32 points.