The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) recorded a double-digit decline on the first trading day (Sunday) of the week. The benchmark index dropped by 19.85 points to close at 2,694.20. A total of 22.06 million shares of 329 listed companies were traded through 110,728 transactions, generating a turnover of Rs 9.109 billion. Among sectoral indices, only the trading group posted gains, rising by 0.55 percent. All other sectors ended in the red. Banking declined by 0.42 percent, development banks by 0.75 percent, finance by 0.44 percent, hotels and tourism by 1.75 percent, hydropower by 1.36 percent, and investment by 0.96 percent. Life insurance slipped by 0.52 percent, manufacturing and processing by 0.76 percent, microfinance by 0.57 percent, mutual funds by 0.50 percent, non-life insurance by 0.63 percent, and the others group by 0.92 percent.
