Kathmandu. Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has enthusiastically welcomed the New Year 2021. On Sunday, the first trading day of 2021, the Nepse index increased by 88.12 points and stopped at 2175.39 points. The year 2020 was also bid farewell with an increase of 25 points.

 A total of 14 million 8 thousand 489 shares of 212 companies have been bought and sold at a price of Rs 6.33 billion. Shares of Himalayan Distillery Limited and Salt Trading Corporation Limited rose 10 percent. Similarly, the share price of Nepal Reinsurance Company Limited has also increased by 9.97 percent. Today, the share price of Himalayan Distillery has been fixed at Rs 3,872, Salt Trading at Rs 6,909, Nepal Reinsurance Company at Rs 1,478 and Prime Commercial Bank Limited at Rs 468.

The highest priced shares have been sold by Nepal Life Insurance Company Limited. Shares of the company worth more than Rs 509.5 million have been bought and sold. Today, the company's share price stands at 2,416.

The index of all the 12 groups that have come into business has increased. The highest indicator growth has been in the industry group. The group's index rose 9.64 percent.