KATHMANDU, March 12 -- Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) on Monday escalated 58.55 points to close at 2,111.21 points.

The market opened at 2,052.65 points and rose to 2,081.62 points in the first few minutes. The index however fell to 2,064.29 as of the midway of the trading hours. The market went into an upward graph in the remaining period.

The sensitive index that measures the performance of 'A' class companies increased by a notable 10.60 points. The daily turnover inclined to Rs 4.55 billion from Rs 2.92 billion on Sunday.

All the 13 trading groups succeeded in adding to their market values. Life insurance gained the highest of 567.68 points, while non-life insurance, hotels and tourism, microfinance, and manufacturing and processing ...