NEPSE index surged by a notable 187.51 points while investors secured capital gains of Rs  298 billion last week

NEPSE index surged by a notable 187.51 points while investors secured capital gains of Rs  298 billion last week
By Republica
Published: August 03, 2024 06:20 PM

Daily turnover amount set the record high amount of Rs 21.91 billion

KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) continued to rally in a bullish trend last week, by adding 187.51 points in its index.

Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) introduced flexible regulatory measures through the monetary policy which fuelled up the investors’ confidence which was already boosted by the recent change in the government. In the previous week too, the market had jumped by 143.79 points.

Last week, the secondary market opened at 2,568.11 points on Sunday and closed at 2,755.62 points on Thursday. The index reached as high as 2,805.57 points and as low as 2,606.40 points, witnessing a volatility of 199.17 points.

In the five-day trading last week, the market index escalated three days. On Sunday, the market opened for the week rising 113.42 points as an impact of the monetary policy announced by the NRB on July 26. On Monday, the market corrected with a downfall of 20.46 points, which was followed by a gain of 35.55 points on Tuesday.  

On Wednesday, the daily turnover posted a record high amount of Rs 21.91 billion, while the index surged 64.25 points to reach a 30-month high mark. Finally, the market closed for the week with a correction of 5.29 points on Thursday.

Microfinance index with a decline of 3.14 percent was the only loser. Of the remaining 12 trading groups, finance had the largest percentage gain of 20.32 percent. On a pointwise basis, life insurance posted a gain of 1,088.90 points.

The heavyweight banking sub-index also surged 123.24 points. In the previous week too, this group had added 70.54 points. 

Among individual companies, Himalayan Reinsurance Limited had the largest transaction of its shares worth over Rs 2.62 billion. Nepal Finance Limited gained the highest of 55.08 percent (765 points). The price of Ganapati Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited dropped by the largest of 15.96 percent (332.70 points).

The total turnover amount increased to Rs 96.31 billion from Rs 73.61 billion in the previous week. The average daily turnover also inclined to Rs 19.26 billion from Rs 14.72 billion.

Market capitalization escalated to Rs 4.372 trillion from Rs 4.074 trillion during the review week, which gave the investors with capital gains of Rs 298 billion in their portfolio. In the previous week, investors had capital gains of Rs 228 billion.

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