KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index has declined for the second consecutive day this week. Today, the NEPSE index fell by 15.54 points to settle at 2,594.13.

Today, 13.87 million 579 shares of 322 different companies were bought and sold 64,278 times, resulting in a transaction worth Rs 6.65 billion 883 thousand.

While the share price of Barahi Hydropower Public Limited entered a positive circuit today, the share prices of Atmanirbhar Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited and Sindhu Bikas Bank Limited entered a negative circuit.