Weekly Financial News
Stay informed on Nepal's financial landscape. Get key insights into
NEPSE trends and critical economic policy updates, tailored for
discerning investors and financial experts.
Presented by: Group C
Agenda: This Week's Key Insights
NEPSE Overview National News International News
Key market trends. Top gainers and losers. Policy changes and economic updates. Global events impacting Nepal.
Weekly NEPSE Activity
Market Trends Positive Bullish Signals
Indicators
Analysis of weekly Identifying
market movements. Key factors driving opportunities in the
NEPSE's market.
performance.
NEPSE Shows Positive Trend
59.64 Points
NEPSE index gained.
+2.16% Increase
Overall market performance.
Date Opening Index Closing Index Change (Points) Change (%)
February 24, 2025 2,755.40 2,758.75 +3.35 +0.12%
February 25, 2025 2,758.75 2,765.88 +7.13 +0.25%
February 27, 2025 2,765.88 2,815.04 +49.15 +1.77%
Between February 24-27, 2025, NEPSE showed a positive trend.
Note: February 26, 2025, market was closed for a public holiday.
Weekly Turnover Highlights
1 NPR 30.74 Billion 2 NPR 10.25 Billion 3 Banking Sector
Total weekly turnover. Average daily turnover. Led with a 3.32% increase.
The development bank followed with 1.53%. February 26 was a public holiday.
Top Market Movers
Guardian Micro Life Insurance led with a surge of 46.40%. Nepal
Reinsurance Company gained 22.72%. Laxmi Laghubitta Sanstha saw the biggest drop of 9.34%. Wean Nepal
Laghubitta Sanstha fell 9.33%.
National Financial News
Economy Markets Policy
Stay informed on key economic Track the performance of the Understand the impact of mid-term
indicators and trends influencing Nepalese stock market and monetary policy reviews and key
Nepal's financial landscape. movements of key players. policy changes.
Mid-Term Monetary Policy Review
5% Policy Rate 3% Deposit Rate 6.5% Bank Rate
Remains unchanged. Collection rate steady. No changes announced.
Policy rate remains unchanged despite inflation. No changes in CRR and SLR.
Key Policy Changes
Microfinance institutions must link lending rates to the base rate from
Jestha 2082. LTV set at 60% for EVs.
Loan loss provision for good loans reduced to 1%. Expected to
increase bank profits by 5 arba.
Liquidity and Government Targets
NRB withdrew NPR 30 billion to manage liquidity. This aims to
control the excess money supply.
Government achieved only 4.2% of annual targets. This is down
from 8.5% last year.
Trade and Exports Overview
Petroleum Imports Birjung Customs Exports
Nepal's petroleum imports have reached NPR 104.76 Exports from Birjung customs have doubled to NPR 40.35
billion, contributing NPR 43.11 billion in customs revenue. billion, a significant increase from NPR 17.08 billion last
year.
Nepal Electricity Authority Profit
1 Rs 8.89 Billion Loss
In FY 2072/73.
2 Rs 14.46 Billion Profit
In FY 2080/81.
Spent on Projects Rs 13.35 billion and Bhutanese Foreign Aid Rs 10.49 billion.
International Financial News
India’s Stock Market Decline and Bank of Korea Interest Rate
Cut
India's Stock Market Decline Bank of Korea Cuts Interest Rate
India's stock market has experienced a significant decline since 2025, with a The Bank of Korea has cut its base rate to 2.75%, the lowest since August 2022.
market loss of approximately $520B.
This aims to mitigate downward economic pressure due to US tariffs &
This loss exceeds the GDPs of Pakistan and Bangladesh. political uncertainty.
Alibaba’s AI & Cloud Investment & Hedge Fund Leverage
Alibaba’s $53 Billion AI & Cloud Investment Hits Stock Hedge fund hits back against new leverage limits
Price
Hedge funds resist new leverage limits, arguing they are safer than
Alibaba's $53B AI & cloud investment led to a 3% drop in US-listed banks. Regulators believe excessive leverage poses financial
shares in premarket trading. instability risks; hedge funds contend limits could stress markets.
Standard Chartered Bank's Net-Zero
Transition Plan
Net-Zero Target 2025 & 2050 Goals Emission Cut Sustainable Finance
SCB aims for net-zero Zero operational Plans a 26.9% emission Forecasts over $1 billion in
emissions in financing and emissions by 2025, net- cut from oil and gas bonds sustainable finance
operations. zero financed activities by by 2030. income by 2024.
2050.
The Tariff Pain Is Getting Real for Chinese
Companies
1 Relocation Considerations 2 Relocation Struggles
Many Chinese manufacturers are considering Smaller manufacturers are facing challenges with
relocating to Southeast Asia to avoid Trump's the high costs associated with relocating their
proposed tariffs. operations.
3 Increased Consumer Costs 4 Tariff Panic
Economists generally agree that the imposed Trump's proposed tariffs have caused widespread
tariffs will lead to increased costs for American panic and concern among Chinese manufacturers.
consumers.
Team Members