Kathmandu. On Thursday, the last trading day of the week, there was excitement in the stock market. On Thursday, the NEPSE index increased by 64.67 points to close at 2877.02 points. The stock market rose 2.29 percent today.

Along with the stock market, the trading is also encouraging. Shares worth Rs 12.03 billion were traded and Rs 21.22 billion was traded today.

Share prices of 13 sub-groups have increased today. Today, the share price of the sub-group of development banks has increased the most. The share price of this subgroup has increased by about 4 percent. The share prices of the rest of the sub-groups rose more than 1 percent.

The share prices of 240 companies were trading today. The price of shares of 22 companies has decreased while the price of shares of 2 companies has remained unchanged. Shares of 5 companies were traded at positive circuit level today. Shares of Corporate Development Bank, Salapa Development Bank, Reliance Spinning Mills and Solu Hydropower were traded at the positive circuit level on the day. Today, the share price of Hotel Forest Inn has increased by about 10 percent.

Similarly, the share price of Sanjen Hydropower Company has increased by 8 percent. Today, the unit price of Nepal Life Prosperity Investment Scheme has decreased by 5.12 percent.

Ngadi Group Power Ltd is in the top position on the basis of turnover on the day. Shares worth Rs 67.16 crore were traded on the day. Similarly, shares of National Hydropower worth Rs 67 crore were traded on the day, while the turnover of Reedy Hydropower crossed Rs 62.5 crore.