KATHMANDU, Feb. 6 -- Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) carried out transactions of shares worth more than Rs 1.109 trillion in the first six months of the current fiscal year, with the hydropower sector leading the share transactions. The total shares traded in the review period were almost fourfold of the amount recorded in the corresponding period in the last fiscal year.

The records with Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) show that a total of 2,569,354,470 units of shares were traded at the country's secondary market during mid-July 2024 and mid-January 2025. In the same period of FY 2023/24, a total of 808,654,440 units of shares worth over Rs 256.73 billion were traded in the secondary market.

Along with the surge in both the units of shares an...