The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index marked a substantial increase in this past week, as per the weekly trading analysis.

The country’s only secondary share market witnessed a rise of 14.32 points in its index in the past one week.

The index, which had opened at 537.74 on the opening day of the week, closed at 552.06 at the end of the week.

The increase is said to have been caused by the rise in the prices of shares of commercial banks.