Nepal, April 30 -- Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) declined marginally by 8.14 points to close at 2,623.83 points.

The secondary market opened at 2,631.98 points and reached the day's high at 2,642.01 points in the first 38 minutes of trading. The index went through a series of fluctuations and hit the day's low at 2,623.39 points in the last 18 minutes before the market closed for the day.

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Only four out of the 13 groups were the gainers. Hydropower added the largest of 21.56 points, followed by trading, microfinance and mutual funds. Of the losers, the development bank index declined by the highest of 56.65 points.

The sensitive index which measures the p...