Nepse turnover up on CA progress

Turnover at Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) jumped 91.70 percent to Rs 3.58 billion last week. The number of shares traded too rose almost threefold to 11,178,300 units.

Stockbrokers attributed the surge to the formation of the questionnaire committee for the constitution writing process.

“Besides, the market was able to attract a huge number of individual investors due to good quarterly reports, and low interest rates,” Rabindra Prasad Nuchchhe Pradhan, managing director of Premier Securities.

The benchmark Nepse index rose 17.61 points to close the week at 986.66 points. The market, which opened at 969.05 points on Sunday, lost 0.42 points on Monday, before gaining 6.51points and 12.93 points for two consecutive days. However, it again dipped 1.41 points on Thursday.

Of the nine trading groups, four posted gains. The hydropower group (up 42.5 points) was the top gainer, followed by commercial banks, development banks and finance companies.

Hotels (down 40.75 points) led the losers’ side comprising others, insurance companies and manufacturing.

The trading sub-index was stable at 183.05 points. The sensitive index that measures the performance of blue chips rose 3.92 points to 211.05 points.

Nepal Investment Bank (promoter’s shares) led in terms of both individual transaction and the number shares traded.

The bank registered a turnover of Rs 1.831 billion from the trading of 4,498,000 shares. In terms of the transaction amount, Prabhu Bank (promoter’s shares), Prabhu Bank (general shares), Grand Bank and Everest Bank rounded out the top five.

TOP FIVE COMPANIES IN TERMS OF TURNOVER

Company                                                  Turnover (in Rs millions)

Nepal Investment Bank (Pro)                     1,831.31

Prabhu Bank (Pro)                                        228.63

Prabhu Bank                                                 140.28

Grand Bank                                              73.3

Everest Bank                                            58.04

SECTORS THAT WENT went up

Sector                                                 Points Gained

Hydropower Companies                     42.5

Commercial Banks                              25.66

Development Banks                             22.8

Finance Companies                            12.78

SECTORS THAT WENT went down

Sector                                        Points Gained

Hotels                                           40.75

Others                                          11.74

Insurance Companies                    6.16

Manufacturing                               0.69

source: the kathmandu post,1 feb 2015
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