The index of Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) continued its upward trend posting growth of 2.02 points over the week.
The Nepse index that opened at 306.90 points on Sunday, the opening day of the week and climbed to 308.92 points on Thursday, the last day for trading under the regular lot.
The index posted nominal growth of 0.98 points in the previous week.
According to the data released by the Nepal Stock Exchange, a total of 131,794 unit shares worth Rs 46.8 million traded last week. A total of 62,532 unit shares worth Rs 23.1 million were traded in the previous week.
Commercial banks group the largest group of the index saw a growth of 3.67 points, reaching its index to 335.15 points from 331.48 points. The index of development banks group increased to 246.20 points from 245.32 points.
Manufacturing and finance groups registered declines, their indices decreased to 274.00 points and 246.79 points respectively, down from 274.42 points and 248.10 points.
Likewise, insurance group witnessed a nominal decline of 0.34 point. Its index that opened at 331.69 points decreased to 331.35 points.
The index of the other group dipped to 336.41 points from 339.40 points. Hotel and trading groups did not see any change as their indices remained static at 181.26 points and 142.78 points respectively.
Like in the previous weeks, the commercial banks group captured the lion’s share, capturing 88.38 percent of the total share transaction. Insurance group made up for 4.94 percent share. Finance group constituted 4.60 percent while development banks group had 1.03 percent share.