Kathmandu. On the first trading day of the week, the stock market fell in the pre-open session. The NEPSE index decreased by 18.19 points to close at 2,716.41 points in the previous session.

A total of 1,24,418 units of shares worth Rs 6,789,253.42 were traded in 115 trades in the pre-open session on Monday. Out of them, the price of 20 stocks has increased while the price of 42 stocks has decreased. The prices of the remaining 5 stocks remained stable in the session.