Kathmandu. Loans against share securities have increased significantly. According to the data released by Nepal Rastra Bank, the loan against share has increased by 11.1 percent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year.

As of mid-March, banks and financial institutions have disbursed a total of Rs 156.27 billion in margin loans.  Such loans stood at Rs 140.70 billion in mid-July last year.

In the first eight months of the current fiscal year, banks have disbursed Rs 15.57 billion. In the first eight months of the current fiscal year, the highest number of loans have been taken by investors above Rs 1 crore.

As of mid-March, the share mortgage loan of more than Rs 10 million has reached Rs 109.64 billion. In the first eight months, Rs 10.71 billion has been invested. Such loans increased by 10.8 percent during this period.

Similarly, loans below Rs 2.5 million have increased by 7.1 percent during this period. As of mid-March, such loan investment stood at Rs 8.75 billion. In the first eight months of the current fiscal year, Rs 57.69 crore has been invested in loans above Rs 25 lakh.

During the period, loans of Rs 2.5 million to Rs 5 million were Rs 19.06 billion and loans of Rs 5 million to Rs 1 crore were Rs 18.81 billion. During this period, the number of investors taking loans from Rs 5 million to Rs 10 million increased by 17.4 percent.