Stock market continues to fall, transaction volume improves

लगानी न्यूज

५ जेष्ठ २०८३, मंगलवार १५:२१May 19, 2026

. The stock market fell on Tuesday, the second trading day of the week. The stock market fell on Tuesday after falling on Monday.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index fell 6.51 points to close at 2,TAG_OPEN_div_20 724.39 points on Tuesday. Likewise, the sensitive index decreased by 0.68 points, while the float index decreased by 0.24 points and the sensitive float index decreased by 0.19 points.

Although the stock market has fallen, there has been a general improvement in the trading volume on this day. Shares worth Rs 2.45 billion were traded on Monday and Rs 3.08 billion was traded today.

Out of 13 sub-groups, the indices of 4 sub-groups have increased while the indices of 9 sub-groups have fallen.TAG_OPEN_div_16 On this day, the indices of development banks, finance, microfinance and non-life insurance sub-groups increased.

Corporate Development Bank’s share price rose the most by 14.2 TAG_OPEN_div_14 6 percent today. Today, the share price of Nepal Republic Media has increased by about 6.5 percent, while the price of other stocks has increased by less than 4 percent. The share price of City Hotel, which was traded, fell the most by 6.84 percent on the day.

On this day, City Hotel is at the top in terms of transaction amount.TAG_OPEN_div_12 The company’s shares worth Rs 23.53 crore were traded on the day. Today, more than Rs 9 crore worth of shares of Sahas Energy were traded.