NEPSE Index Records Positive After 4 Trading Days

Aug 20, 2026 03:17 PM Merolagani



On Thursday, the NEPSE index has increased slightly. The index, which has been declining for the past four days, closed on positive note today.

On this day, the NEPSE index increased by 7.17 points to close at 2,629.40 points. Likewise, the Sensitive Index increased by 1.88 points, while the Float Index increased by 0.42 points and the Sensitive Float Index increased by 0.55 points.

Along with index, the transaction amount has also increased on this day. A total of 9,500,766 units of shares worth Rs 4.40 billion were traded in 47,919 trades on the day.

On this day too, Mount Everest Power Development and Sarbottam Paints were traded at a positive circuit level. The share price of Mount Everest Power Ltd was trading at the positive circuit level for the seventh consecutive trading day, while the share price of Sarvottam Paints was trading at the positive circuit level for the sixth consecutive trading day. Similarly, the unit price of NIC Asia Select Fund 30 has increased by more than 6.5 percent. Meanwhile, the unit price of Kumari Dhan Badi Yojana fell by 9.77 percent on the day.

On the basis of transaction amount, 9-year Agricultural Bonds are at the top on the day . The bond worth Rs 506.5 million was traded on the day. Similarly, the turnover of Reliance Spinning Mills crossed Rs 300 million and Solu Hydropower's shares worth Rs 230 million were traded on the day.

Out of 13 sub-groups, the indices of six sub-groups have increased while the indices of seven sub-groups have decreased. The hydropower sub-group index increased the most by 0.99 percent on the day. Likewise, the indices of banking, investment, life insurance, manufacturing and processing and other sub-groups increased on the day.




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