Nepal, Aug. 17 -- Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) on Sunday plummeted 27.14 points to close at 2,761.22 points.

The secondary market opened at 2,788.36 points and went down and hit the day's high at 2,803.12 points in the first 27 minutes. The market went to a steep fall for the next two hours before showing a slight recovery of around nine points. In the remaining around 50 minutes, the index again dropped by 17 points before it closed for the day.

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All the 13 groups were the losers. The life insurance index slid 93.69 points, the largest of all.

The sensitive index which measures the performance of 'A' class companies declined 5.15 points. The daily turnove...