KATHMANDU, April 22 -- Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) on Monday plunged 15.41 points to close at 1,969.02 points.

The secondary market opened at 1,984.43 points and increased by eight points in the first 10 minutes. The market reached the day's high at 1,992.78 points in the next one hour. However, the index fell continuously for until the last two minutes of the trading hours and hit the day's low at 1,965.1 points. In the last two minutes, the market recovered around four points before it closed for the day.

The sensitive index that measures the performance of 'A' class companies also declined by 2.80 points. The daily turnover decreased to Rs 2.05 billion from Rs 2.25 billion on Sunday.

Only mutual funds posted gains, while the remain...