KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index, which has been declining continuously for the last five trading days, has seen a high number of increases today. Today, the NEPSE index rose by 45.88 points to settle at 2,715.71.

Although the index increased, the trading amount shrank to Rs 5 billion. Today, 13,86,854 shares of 308 companies were bought and sold 56,350 times, resulting in a transaction worth Rs 5 billion 56,54,450.

Based on the transaction amount, the highest share price of Janaki Finance Company Limited worth Rs. 361.52 million was traded today.