. KATHMANDU: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) has deemed 123 companies eligible for margin trading.

Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has published a list of 123 companies eligible for margin trading.

NEPSE has published the list of tradable companies that have fulfilled the criteria as per Clause 8 (1) of Chapter 3 of the Margin Transaction Facility Procedure, 2082.

These include 19 commercial banks, 11 development banks, 11 finance companies, 17 microfinance financial institutions, 12 life insurance companies and 11 non-life insurance companies.

Likewise, there are 28 hydropower companies, 6 investment group companies, 3 hotel companies, 2 production and processing companies, 2 other group companies and 1 business group company. Margin trading is expected to start from April 15.