Kathmandu, March 25 -- The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index fell on Wednesday, ending a five-session rally. The benchmark declined by 24.45 points, or 0.82 percent, closing at 2,935.94.

The decline followed the surge of more than 161 points over the past five sessions and 247 points in 11 days. In the previous session, the index closed at 2,960.40.

Turnover rose slightly to Rs 15.09 billion from Rs 14.83 billion a day earlier, indicating active trading despite the correction.

The index opened at 2,964.68, hitting an intraday high of 2,969.50 and a low of 2,929.44. A total of 35.8 million shares of 345 companies were traded through 138,256 transactions.

During the session, the pre-open gained 4.27 points. Selling pressure dominated m...