KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) rose 2.15 points on Monday, hitting 2488.09 points, despite a time of substantial market volatility and correction. The Sensitive Index, Float Index, and Sensitive Float Index all fell in spite of the general increase.

The trading session involved shares from 309 companies, with seven out of thirteen industry groups showing price increases. The Manufacturing group saw the highest gain, with its index climbing by 160.07 points to 7542.58 points, while the Development Bank group experienced the largest drop, falling by 31.58 points to 4945.28 points. The Investment group had the smallest decline, dropping by 0.42 points to 90.17 points.

A trading volume of almost Rs 14 billion was generated during the day by the appreciation in value of the shares of 115 firms. Six firms' shares stayed the same, while the share prices of 121 other companies decreased. 170,559 trades of 39,754,711 shares were made in total. Significantly, the share price of Muktinath Krishi Company increased by ten percent, whilst Ganapati Microfinance had a decrease of over ten percent.