Kathmandu, Mar. 10: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE), which had closed early on Monday after hitting the 6 percent circuit breaker, declined by 32.08 points or 1.11 percent on Tuesday to settle at 2,843.35 points by the end of the trading session.

Along with the benchmark index, the Sensitive Index, which tracks the performance of Class 'A' companies, fell by 0.89 percent, while the Float Index, which measures actively traded shares, dropped by 1.12 percent.

In terms of sectoral performance, most sectors closed in the red, except for Mutual Funds, which rose by 1.34 percent, Life Insurance by 0.51 percent, and Non-Life Insurance by 0.38 percent. Among the biggest losers, the Trading sector declined by 2.12 percent, followed by the Finance sector, which fell by 2.06 percent.

The day's total turnover stood at Rs 21.50 billion, with 52,711,353 units of shares of 329 companies traded through 205,611 transactions.

By the close of trading, the market's total capitalisation stood at Rs 4.783 trillion.

In terms of individual stock performance, 78 scrips advanced, 178 declined, while five remained unchanged.

Among the listed companies, Reliance Spinning Mills Limited (RSML) was the only stock to hit the upper circuit limit during the trading session.