The NEPSE index fell by 3.58 points at the end of five-day trading Friday after staging a rally the previous week. Trading opened at 279.65 points Monday and closed at 276.07 points Friday.
Altogether 54,944 shares of 37 companies valued at Rs.20.7 million were traded in 565 transactions during the week.
The index of commercial bank shares fell to 277.15 from 282.59; commercial bank shares again dominated trading accounting for 54.87 percent of the total trade during the week.