Kathmandu. Prime Minister Balendra Shah held a meeting with the representatives of regulatory agencies, investors and broker associations for about 1 hour today.

During the meeting, Prime Minister Shah assured to develop the market and boost the morale of the investors.

As soon as the news of Prime Minister Shah’s meeting with them became public, the market continued to rise till the last moment. The index, which measures the market, rose by 41.70 points. The index measuring the market stood at 2719.24 points.

A total of 1,224,337 units of shares of 343 companies were traded at Rs 5,512,26,88,979. All the sub-indices of the sub-indices were in the green. On this day, the price of 239 companies increased and the price of 32 companies decreased.