Himal Press 
KATHMANDU: The stock market resumed trading on Thurday, 10 days after the September 8 arson and vandalism during the Gen Z protests that claimed 74 lives nationwide.
However, trading was halted immediately as the benchmark Nepse index took a sharp plunge within minutes of resumption.
NEPSE plunged by 107.04 points, or 4% compared to the previous session, triggering the first negative circuit just three minutes into trading. As a result, trading halted for 20 minutes.
A second circuit breaker was activated within a minute of the resumption of trading, as the Nepse index fell 5%, or 133.61 points, to 2,538.63 points. With this, trading has been halted for another 40 minutes.
Unit prices of 191 prices have declined so far in the training, while 11 scrips saw their unit prices advance.
