May 9: Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE), the secondary market of securities, will now continue its transactions on Fridays as well from May 15. Till date, the transactions of securities in the secondary market are done between Sunday to Thursday.

After the announcement of the government to give holidays on Saturday and Sunday, NEPSE made arrangements to continue with share transactions on Fridays as well in order to prevent a reduction in the number of transactions of securities in the secondary market. The Board of Directors of NEPSE reached the decision in a meeting held on May 4.

On Sunday, NEPSE directed all the brokers to make arrangements for share transactions from Monday to Friday. Starting from May 15, NEPSE will keep its offices operational from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM, as per the decision of the Council of Ministers made on May 6. NEPSE informed that the share market will be open from 11 AM to 3 PM on Fridays.