Nepal Stock Exchange
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The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) is the only stock exchange of Nepal. As of January 2024,[update] the market capitalization of the companies listed on NEPSE totaled रू330,765.9 crore (US$25 billion).[3]
नेपाल स्टक एक्स्चेन्ज | |
Type | Stock Exchange |
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Location | Kathmandu, Nepal |
Coordinates | 27.698°N 85.32°E / 27.698; 85.32 |
Founded | 13 January 1994; 30 years ago (1994-01-13)[1] |
Owner | Nepal Government (58.66%) Nepal Rastra Bank (14.60%) Employees Provident Fund (10%) Other shareholders (16.74%) |
Key people | |
Currency | Nepalese rupee (NRS) |
No. of listings | 249[2] |
Market cap | रू306,196 crore (US$23 billion)[3] |
Indices | NEPSE Index |
Website | www |
The basic objective of NEPSE is to impart free marketability and liquidity to the government and corporate securities by facilitating transactions in its trading floor through member, market intermediaries, such as broker, market makers etc. Individuals can open trading account from broker and trade from brokers website.As of January 2024,[update] 249 companies are listed on the exchange, from different Industry Sectors like BFIs, Hydro-Power, Life and Non-Life Insurance, Hotels and Tourism, etc, There's more Industry and it's companies waiting in pipeline to be listed in upcoming future.[2] The Exchange has 95 registered brokers as of March 2024.[update][4]