Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel, who was recently appointed as deputy prime minister, has said that the attraction towards the share market in recent weeks is a sign of confidence of investors in the government.
The Nepal Stock Exchange has been breaking one record after the other for the past few weeks. Today too it set another record hitting an all-time high of 2,960.14 points.
Minister Poudel was addressing an event to mark the 29th anniversary of the Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON). He also directed officials of SEBON to further diversify the capital market but by assuring the safety of the investors’ money.
He also directed the board to start operations of the commodities market and to gradually expand the operations.
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