The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 18. 26 points to close at 2,112.47 points on Thursday.

Similarly, the sensitive index dropped by 3. 81 points to close at 410. 66 points.

A total of 3, 566, 819 units of the shares of 227 companies were traded for Rs 1. 16 billion.

At the end of the day, the total market capitalisation stood at Rs 3.00 trillion.