This week’s NEPSE index finished at 2,182.63, up 88.09 points (4.21%). Last week, the index finished at 2,094.54, down 4.06% from the previous week.
This week, the index reached a top of 2,213.78 and a low of 2,087.48, resulting in a 126.3 point swing. The prior week’s volatility on the index was 101.74 points.
Mountain Energy Nepal Ltd reported a profit (after tax) of Rs. 35.55 crores in the second quarter. Profit decreased by 16.52% in this quarter. The profit in the previous corresponding quarter was Rs. 42.63 crores. Tadi Khola (5 MW) and Mistri Khola (42 MW) generate revenue from electricity sales, which are invoiced to Nepal Electricity Authority under the terms of the PPA until Poush end 2079.
Chhimek Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (CBBL) published the second-quarter report of FY 2079/2080 with a rise in Net Profit by 11.56%. As per the report published by the mChhimek Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (CBBL) reported an 11.56% increase in Net Profit in the second quarter of FY 2079/2080. According to the microfinance company’s report, net profit increased to Rs. 55.60 crore from Rs. 49.84 crore in the previous year’s corresponding quarter. The company’s borrowings fell by 2.69% to Rs. 4.64 Arba from Rs. 4.77 Arba in the previous year’s corresponding quarter. The company’s deposits increased by 9.41% to Rs 29.56 Arba. In this quarter, the company’s loans and advances increased by only 1.39% to 33.53 Arba.icro finance company, the net profit increased to Rs. 55.60 Crores as compared to Rs. 49.84 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
Shangrila Development Bank Limited (SADBL) has proposed a dividend of 8.983% amounting to Rs. 27.04 crores for fiscal year 2078/79. The board of directors decided on Magh 26 to distribute the dividend on the paid-up capital of Rs. 3.01 Arba. There has been proposed an 8.534% bonus share and a 0.449% cash dividend (for tax purposes). Thus, the bonus shares are worth slightly more than Rs. 25.69 crores, and the cash dividend is worth slightly more than Rs. 1.35 crores.
Union Life Insurance Company held its 5th Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the fiscal year 2077-78 on Magh 26, 2079, under the leadership of its Board of Directors, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Agrawal. According to the media statement, the AGM approved the financial reports for the previous fiscal year and decided on the remuneration of its auditor as well as the meeting allowances for its BoDs.
Ridi Power Company Limited (RIDI) reported a 95.81% decrease in net profit in the second quarter (Q2) of the current fiscal year 2079/80. Profit declined to Rs. 1.96 crores in this quarter from Rs. 46.98 crores in the previous year’s equivalent quarter.
In this quarter, the firm recorded total income of Rs. 18.92 crores, a 71.94% reduction from the previous year’s similar period.
According to management, there has been no substantial change in the organization’s balance, income, or liquidity during this quarter. The operations are carried out in accordance with the company’s business plan. During this quarter period, as the company’s interest climbed, the income decreased, and it is projected that the profit will improve when the interest expenditure reduces in the future days, and the income will improve from the following quarter.
It has a reserve resource of Rs. 50.25 crores and a share capital of Rs 1.10 Arba. For Fiscal Year 2078/79, the corporation additionally proposed 40% bonus shares worth Rs. 44,25,43,200 and a 2.10% cash dividend (including tax) of Rs 2,32,33,518. The firm has capitalized these extra dividends, resulting in an increased paid-up capital of Rs. 1.54 Arba.
Furthermore, the business intends to issue 77,44,506 rights shares (1: 0.50 ratio right shares) to shareholders. Following SEBON clearance, this will be given from the paid-up capital of Rs. 1.54 Arba.
Its annualized earnings per share are Rs 3.56, its net value per share is Rs 145.43, and its P/E ratio is 153.94.
API Power Company Ltd. (API) shares were the most actively traded, with a total turnover of Rs. 5.86 crores at a market price of Rs. 302 per share.Barahi Hydropower Public Limited (BHPL) gained the most, gaining 10% and closing the day on a good note.
Nabil Balanced Fund-3 (NBF3), on the other hand, lost the most today, losing 5.75%.Only one sector finished in the negative today, “Mutual Fund,” which lost 0.20%, while “Development Bank” gained the most, 1.46%.
Visiting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, met with Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel at the latter’s office in Singha Durbar today. The meeting touched on an array of subjects including the bilateral relations between Nepal and the US, it has been said.
On the occasion, Minister Paudel said Nepal for the first time got foreign assistances after signing the point for programme in 1951, and the development partnership between the two countries reached a new height so far since. He also recalled the 75th anniversary of the bilateral relations between the two countries last year.
The Vijaya Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (VLBS) transaction has been halted, according to the official notice of the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE), since the business declared dividends to be given to shareholders without first receiving authorisation from NEPSE.
At 6:35 PM on Magh 25, after business hours, Nepal Stock Exchange received the letter from VLBS regarding the dividend declaration for the Fiscal Year 2078/79. However, on Magh 10 itself, Vijaya Laghubitta held a meeting to suggest dividends to the shareholders.
The NEPSE index finished at 2,170.21 today, down 7.13 points from the previous trading day’s close. This is a 0.33% decrease. Yesterday, the index rose 76.64 points.
The index started the day at 2,181.62 and reached an intraday high of 2,213.89. It dropped as low as 2,161.00 before closing at 2,170.21.Through 55,602 transactions, 257 scrips changed hands. A total of 10,502,649 shares were traded, totaling Rs. 3.691 Arba in activity. This is more than the previous day’s turnover of Rs. 3.362 Arba.The largest turnover was Rs. 11.28 crores by Nepal Reinsurance Company Limited (NRIC), which closed at a market price of Rs. 852 per share. API Power Company Ltd. (API) had the greatest trading volume.
Terhathum Power Company Limited (TPC) gained the most for the day, 3.32%
Adarsha Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (ADLB) suffered the most loss today, falling 5.14%.
Only one sector finished in the green today, “Others,” which gained 0.50%, while “Finance” dropped the most, 1.94%.
Molung Hydropower Company Limited has distributed IPO shares to project participants and Nepalese citizens working abroad. The allotment program ended on the 24th of Magh, 2079, and money will be refunded to non-allottee applicants beginning on the 29th of Magh, 2079.
The company’s issued capital is Rs. 80.25 crores, of which 10%, or 8,02,500 unit shares worth Rs. 8.02 crores, were allocated to project-affected Okhaldhunga District residents. And in the meantime, beginning in Falgun 04, 34% of the company’s issued capital, or 27,28,500 unit shares, will be made available to the general public. 10% of the shares totaling 272,850 units were allocated for Nepalese citizens working abroad in this public issue, which was opened on Poush 19 and closed on 3rd Magh, whereas the issue was opened on Poush 19 and closed on 3rd Magh.
Sahas Urja Limited’s net profit fell 37.26 percent in the second quarter of the current fiscal year 2079/80. The hydroelectric firm reported in its unaudited financial report for the second quarter published today that its net profit declined to Rs 21.59 crore in the second quarter of the fiscal year 2079/80 from Rs 34.42 crore in the comparable period of the previous fiscal year 2078/79.
The share capital stands at Rs. 3.50 arba, with reserves at Rs. 2.31 arba. Its annualized EPS is Rs. 12.34, its net worth per share is Rs 166.13, and the firm is traded at a P/E ratio of 46.02 times.
The 86 MW Solu Khola (Dudh Koshi) Hydropower Project is currently under construction by the business. Because Solu Khola is still in the process of internal testing, the money from energy sales has not yet begun, and the other income reported in the financial statement is unreal because it is earned using the NFRS system’s IFRIC 12: Service Concession Arrangement basis.