The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 17. 64 points to close at 2,062.80 points on Thursday.

Similarly, the sensitive index dropped by 4. 01 points to close at 396. 36 points.

A total of 4,156,104 units of the shares of 229 companies were traded for Rs 1. 47 billion.

At the end of the day, the total market capitalization stood at Rs 2. 93 trillion.