Nepal, Nov. 3 -- The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) on Tuesday inclined 6.62 points to close at 2,664.13 points.

The secondary market opened at 2,657.50 points and plunged to the day's low at 2,643.27 points in the first half of the trading hours. In the remaining period of the trading session, the market added 21 points before it closed for the day.

Four sectors were the losers as manufacturing and processing shed the largest of 7.18 points, followed by others, finance and investment groups. Of the nine gainers, hotels and tourism jumped 75.76 points while the heavy weight banking index also surged 8.32 points.

The daily turnover declined to Rs 5.65 billion from Rs 7.18 billion. A total of 143 listed companies witnessed gain, 122 lost ...