Kathmandu, Sept. 5 -- The Nepal Stock Exchange remained under pressure last week, with concerns over the financial impact of the Bhotekoshi disaster weighing particularly on insurance and hydropower stocks.

The benchmark index fell 14.54 points, or 0.57 percent, to 2,542.77 over the four trading sessions from August 31 to September 3. The Sensitive Index, which tracks class 'A' companies, declined 1.62 points, or 0.36 percent, to 449.50.

Market capitalisation fell by about Rs30 billion to Rs4.37 trillion from Rs4.40 trillion the previous week, erasing roughly Rs30 billion in market value. Turnover also declined 18.51 percent to Rs12.81 billion from Rs15.72 billion.

Ten of the 13 sectoral indices fell, pointing to broad-based selling de...