Nepal, July 22 -- Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) on Tuesday soared 80.97 points to close at 2,973.70 points.

The secondary market opened at 2,892.72 points and gradually inclined throughout the trading hours. Overall, the market posted a gain of 2.79 percent in its index.

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All the 13 trading groups were the gainers. Life insurance surged by a whopping 606.65 points, as a total of six groups added three-digit points in their indices. Among the banks and financial institutions (BFIs), microfinance gained 221.54 points, development banks added 138.82 points, while finance and banking also increased 50.37 points and 32.25 points, respectively.

The sensitive inde...