KATHMANDU, June 19: The equity market maintained negative bias for most of the trading session on Monday. However, with a sharp pull back in the last trading hour, the index managed to finish faintly higher.

KATHMANDU, June 13: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index saw a marginal decline of 1.93 points to close at 1,239.26 points on Tuesday. Though the initial slump was followed by midday recovery, it reflects a lack of conviction.

KATHMANDU, June 5: Nepal Oil Corporation has hiked fuel prices regularly under an automatic pricing mechanism in the last seven months. The steady price hike has impacted the price of daily commodities, and airfares are also to increase by Tuesday. NOC’s latest price hike comes against a fall in international prices.

KATHMANDU, June 17: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) benchmark index shed a marginal 0.9 point this week to close at 1,589.59 points on Thursday -- the last trading day of the week.

KATHMANDU, May 27: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index went up by a nominal 2.34 points to close at 1,629.58 points on Wednesday - the last trading day of the week.

KATHMANDU, Aug 26: After losing value early in the week, the Nepali rupee gained 3 paisa against the US dollar this week as the Indian currency, with which the rupee is pegged to, gained in value against the greenback.

KATHMANDU, July 9: Nepali rupee lost 1 paisa against US dollar this week as the Indian currency, with which rupee is pegged, lost value against the greenback. Price of gold, on the other hand, went up by Rs 90 per 10 grams over the week.