Likewise, the sensitive index increased by 6.41 points, while the float index increased by 2.27 points and the sensitive float index increased by 2.25 points.
Along with index, the transaction amount has also increased on this day. A total of 232,558,009 shares worth Rs 8.57 billion were traded in 69,619 trades of 350 stocks on the day.
The volume of transactions on this day is the highest in nearly six and a half months. Prior to this, shares worth Rs 9.5 billion were traded in NEPSE on April 17.
On the day, shares of Beni Hydropowerd were traded at a positive circuit level on the day as well. The company's share price rose by Rs 80.50 to close at Rs 617.20 on the day. Similarly, the share price of Sopan Pharmaceuticals has increased by more than 8.5 percent and the share price of Nepal Reinsurance Company has increased by 5.5 percent. Shares of NRN Infrastructure and Development rose by 3.65 percent on the day.
On the basis of transaction amount, Ghalemdi Hydro is at the top position on the day. The company's shares worth Rs 356.1 million were traded on the day. Similarly, shares of Siddhartha Bank worth Rs 255 million were traded on the day, while the turnover of Laxmi Sunrise Bank crossed Rs 242.7 million.
On this day, the indices of all 13 sub-groups have increased. Among them, the index of other sub-groups increased the most by 2.45 percent. Likewise, the indices of banking and hotel and tourism sub-groups increased by more than 2 percent while the indices of development banks and finance sub-groups increased by more than 1 percent.
