Kathmandu. The stock market fell on Tuesday, the second trading day of the week. The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index continued its streak with a 17.91-point fall to close at 2,807.31 points.

Along with the NEPSE index, the sensitive index decreased by 3.07 points, the float index by 1.11 points and the sensitive float index by 1.01 points. This fall in the market seems to have put some pressure on the investors. Although the index decreased, the transaction volume increased marginally compared to the previous day. Shares worth Rs 5.43 billion were traded on Monday and 1,30,19,000 units of shares of 347 companies were traded at Rs 5.77 billion on Tuesday.

In terms of turnover, Solu Hydropower Ltd topped the list with Rs 370.7 crore, followed by Reliance Spinning Mills (Rs 300 million) and National Hydropower Ltd (Rs 23.5 crore). Despite the decline, the share prices of Suryakunda Hydro, Palpa Cement and Shikhar Power Development have hit the positive circuit. Similarly, the investors of Dolti Power Ltd lost the most by 8.71 percent, while the price of Corporate Development Bank increased by about 15 percent.

Out of 13 sub-groups, only Hotel & Tourism sub-group increased by 1.16 per cent while remaining 12 sub-groups saw a decrease of more than 1 per cent.