Kathmandu. On Tuesday, the second trading day of the week, the stock market was buoyant. In the first 34 minutes of trading, the NEPSE index climbed 43.64 points to close at 2,716.19 points. This is an increase of 1.63 percent.

As soon as the market opened, the buying pressure increased. So far, the total transaction amount has reached around Rs 2.59 billion.

During the trading period, the prices of 236 companies increased, 18 decreased and the price of 2 companies remained unchanged.