Nepse index closes in on 1,600 points
(WorldNews Business)

KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 19 As investors continued to pour their funds into the country`s only secondary market, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index advanced by 3.39 per cent or 51.50 points week-on-week in the trading period between September 13 and 17. The weekly turnover surged by 24.01 per cent to Rs 14.29 billion against the previous week`s total traded amount of Rs 11.52 billion. Similarly, the number of transactions climbed 38.57 per cent to 201,425 from 145,359 in the previous week. The trading volume too soared from 26.98 million shares changing hands in the past week to 42.34 million shares traded over the review period. Market analysts attribute the recent bull run in the share...