Nepal, Dec. 18 -- Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) on Thursday decreased 10.66 points to close at 2,615.03 points.

The secondary market witnessed a negative growth after undergoing surges for three consecutive days. In the past three days, the market index increased by around 20 points.

In the intraday trading on Thursday, the secondary market inclined around five points in the pre-opening session and reached 2,630.48 points, the day's highest mark, in the first one minute. The market gradually declined almost throughout the remaining trading hours as the NEPSE index fell to the day's low at 2,609.95 points in the last nine minutes.

Three groups were the gainers, with non-life insurance having the largest gain of 24.10 points, followed by ...