The Nepal Stock Exchange index declined by 13.88 points on Monday to settle at 2,581.21. Total turnover slipped to Rs 3.51 billion from Rs 4.52 billion in the previous session. Share prices advanced for 54 companies, dropped for 200, and remained unchanged for five. All sector indices ended in the red except trading. Losses were led by life insurance (down 1.01 percent), hotels and tourism (1.26 percent), and hydropower (0.66 percent). Lumbini Bikas Bank, Sun Nepal Life, Manjushree Finance, Himalayan Power Partner, and Citizen Life recorded the highest turnover. SY Panel emerged as the top gainer, while Manushi Laghubitta suffered the sharpest decline.
