The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) dropped by 26.16 points on Tuesday, closing at 2,770.26, a decline of 0.93 percent. The Sensitive Index also slipped by 2.14 points to 467.57, down 0.45 percent, while both the float and sensitive float indices decreased by 0.81 percent and 0.52 percent respectively. A total of 14,018,920 shares were traded through 151,354 transactions across 349 listed companies. Daily turnover climbed to Rs 6.531 billion, up from Rs 4.748 billion recorded on Monday. Market sentiment remained largely negative, with only 42 companies posting gains, while 213 declined and 14 remained unchanged. Among 13 sectoral indices, only the “others” group registered growth at 0.73 percent, whereas hotels and tourism fell the most by 2.56 percent, followed by manufacturing at 2.46 percent.
