November 27: The number of companies listed with the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has reached 242 as of mid-October 2022. This is stated in the latest report of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on the Current Macroeconomic and Financial Situation of Nepal. The report is based on three months’ data ending mid-October, 2022/23.    
The companies listed with the NEPSE include 146 Banks and Financial Institutions (BFIs) and insurance companies, 59 hydropower companies, 19 manufacturing and processing industries, six investment companies, five hotels, four trading companies and three others. The number of companies listed with NEPSE was 222 in mid-October 2021.    
The share of BFIs and insurance companies in stock market capitalization is 68.6 percent, the NRB report said. Such a share for hydropower companies is 10.5 percent, investment companies 6.4 percent, manufacturing and processing industries 4.4 percent, hotels 1.7 percent, trading companies 0.4 percent and the share of other companies is 8.1 percent.    
The paid-up value of 6.82 billion shares listed with NEPSE stood at Rs 672.69 billion in mid-October 2022.    
Securities worth Rs 80.78 billion were listed with NEPSE during the three months of FY 2022/23. Such securities comprise government bonds worth Rs 35 billion, debenture worth Rs 25.44 billion, bonus shares worth Rs 9.29 billion, ordinary shares worth Rs 6.57 billion, mutual fund worth Rs 3.27 billion and rights shares worth Rs 1.21 billion.    
Securities Board of Nepal approved the total public issuance of securities worth Rs 9.39 billion which includes debenture worth Rs 4.24 billion, mutual fund worth Rs 3.15 billion, ordinary shares worth Rs 1.05 billion and rights shares worth Rs. 954 million in the review period.  -- RSS