Nepal, April 16 -- Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) increased marginally by 7.01 points to close at 2,696.23 points.

The secondary market opened at 2,689.22 points and escalated to the day's high at 2,704.81 points in the first 12 minutes. The index, however, reached the day's low at 2,685.46 points when the trading time was left for the last hour. The market recovered around 11 points in the remaining period before it closed for the day.

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Seven out of the 13 groups were the gainers. Non-life insurance surged 68.76 points, the largest of all. Of the losers, the 'others' index plunged by the highest of 26.16 points.

The sensitive index which measures the perf...