Himal Press 
KATHMANDU: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index extended its losing run on Wednesday, shedding 22.58 points to close the session at 2,505.58 points.
Although the benchmark briefly fell below the psychological 2,500-point mark during intraday trading, a late recovery helped it stay just above the threshold by market close.
Nepse had closed 19.43 points lower on Tuesday. The index had shed 166.67 points since the Gen Z protest began on September 8.
Of the total traded scrips, the unit prices of 206 companies declined, while those of 40 advanced, and five remained unchanged. Nepal Reinsurance Company Ltd (NRIC) led the turnover chart with Rs 205.40 million in transactions. Himalayan Reinsurance Ltd (HRL) and Union Hydropower Ltd were next with turnovers of Rs 134.99 million and Rs 129.86 million, respectively.
Overall market turnover dropped to Rs 3.10 billion, with 7.61 million shares traded through 35,750 transactions — the lowest trading activity since October 15 last year, when the bourse had recorded only 34,960 transactions.
All trading groups ended the day in negative territory except for the Mutual Fund sub-index which managed a marginal gain of 0.24%. The largest decline came from the Trading sub-index, which fell 2.09%. Others and Hydropower sub-indices followed with losses of 1.22% and 1.18%, respectively.
