Understanding the Nepal Stock Market:
A. Basic Terminologies: 1. NEPSE: It is a short form for Nepal Stock Exchange. It’s a platform where transaction for sale and purchase of listed shares take place. 2. Share: In Nepal, a share normally has a value of 100. Total shares held by all shareholders form capital of company. 3. Listed Shares: The shares of an issuer that are traded on the stock exchange (NEPSE in Nepal). 4. Broker: A brokerage firm is an agent when it acts on behalf of the client in buying or purchasing of shares. You can't directly buy and sell shares. Instead transaction takes place through broker, which charges commission on each buy and sale 5. Ask/Offer: The lowest price an owner is willing to sell the stocks 6. Bid: It is the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for a stock. It is opposite of ask/offer. 7. Initial Public Offering (IPO): The company's first issue of shares to general public. IPOs are issued by sma