Kathmandu, Aug. 4 -- The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) staged a recovery on Sunday, rising by 16.46 points to close at 2,875.36, marking a 0.57 percent gain after three consecutive days of losses.

This uptick comes after persistent declines last week, offering some relief to investors. Market sentiment appeared to improve moderately, with 140 companies seeing an increase in share prices, while 110 recorded losses.

According to Nepse, a total of 27.17 million shares were traded across 149,274 transactions, generating a turnover of Rs10.82 billion.

Several sectoral sub-indices posted gains, including banking, hydropower, trading, life insurance, microfinance, and the trading subgroup, suggesting broad-based recovery across key segments. ...