NEPSE Index Declines Sharply

Apr 01, 2026 03:42 PM Merolagani



On Wednesday, the NEPSE index has decreased sharply. The stock market went to panic mode after Department of Money Laundering Investigation intensified its investigation and placed Deepak Bhatta, the principal shareholder of Himalayan Reinsurance Company, on the immigration blacklist. 

On this day, the NEPSE index decreased by 74.73 points to close at 2776.36 points. Similarly, the Sensitive Float Index decreased by 11.21 points, while the Float Index decreased by 5.13 points and the Sensitive Float Index decreased by 4.02 points.

Despite the fall in NEPSE, the transaction volume has increased moderately. A total of 30,292,000 shares of 347 stocks worth Rs 12.10 billion were traded in 123,730 trades on Wednesday.

On this day, 6 stocks were traded at a positive circuit level. Shares of Reliance Spinning Mills, Super Khudi Hydropower, Bhujung Hydropower, Ridge Line Energy, Suryakunda Hydro Electric and Hotel Forest Inn were traded in the positive circuit level today. Meanwhile, stock price of Nepal Reinsurance Company fell by the most of 9.84 percent on the day.

In terms of turnover, Himalayan Re Insurance Company topped the list with trasaction worth Rs 713.1 million.  Similarly, shares worth Rs 465 million of Api Power Company was recorded, while, the turnover of Ngadi Group Power crossed Rs 430 million.

On the day, the indices of all 13 sub-groups have decreased. Among them, the index of other sub-groups decreased the most by 5.26 percent. The sub-indices of development banks, finance and trade sub-groups decreased by more than 3 percent while banking, hotel and tourism, hydropower, investment, life insurance and non-life insurance sub-groups decreased by more than 2 percent on the day.




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