Nepal, July 11 -- The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) last week declined 52.62 points (1.98 percent) as a continuation of the low confidence of investors towards the country's share market.

The secondary market opened for trading at 2,653.40 points and closed at 2,600.78 points. The market rose as high as 2,661.46 points and fell as low as 2,592.67 points, marking the volatility of 68.79 points over the period.

In five day trading, the market index declined for four days. It was only on Tuesday, the second trading day, the index surged by 24.57 points.

Sector wise, all the 13 groups had their market indices decline. Mutual funds lost the least of 0.79 percent, while the finance index was down by the highest of 3 percent.

Among the indi...