Kathmandu, On Sunday, the first trading day, the Nepse index down 39.98 points and closed at 1998.65 points.

A total of 81,77,353 shares of 204 companies have been bought and sold at a value of Rs 4.62 billion today. Nepal Life Insurance Company Limited has sold the highest priced shares. Shares of the company worth more than Rs 675.7 million have been bought and sold. Similarly, shares of Nabil Bank worth Rs. 403.9 million have been bought and sold.

The highest increase in share price has been of Narayani Development Bank Limited. The bank's share price has risen 9.81 percent per share. The bank's share price has stood at Rs 414. Today, the share price of Vishal Bazaar Company Limited and Salty Hotel Limited has dropped by more than 5 percent.

Similarly, the indices of all groups traded today have declined.