Nepal Stock Exchange Ltd.
List of top ten companies
Top ten on the basis of traded Amount
                            1st January 2005 to 31st DEC. 2005
                                (Poush 2061 to Poush 2062)    
  Name of the companies Amount Traded  
S.no   (Rs. In Million)  
1 Bank of Kathmandu Ltd. 424.40  
2 Nepal Ind & Commerc. Bank 216.67  
3 Lumbini Bank Limited 188.17
4 Kumari Bank Limited 159.12
5 Laxmi Bank Limited 152.99
6 Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Ltd 144.50
7 Nepal Investment Bank Ltd. 132.61
8 Nabil Bank Limited 123.45
9 Everest Bank Ltd. 115.17
10 Machha Puchchhre Bank Ltd. 113.62
Top ten on the basis of Share traded
  Name of the companies                        No Of Share
                    (Traded in '000)
1 NCM Mutual Fund 2359
2 Lumbini Bank Limited 1026
3 Himalayan Distillery Limited 933
4 Bank of Kathmandu Ltd. 924
5 Nepal Ind & Commerc. Bank 589
6 Laxmi Bank Limited 554
7 Kumari Bank Limited 453
8 Machha Puchchhre Bank Limited 438
9 Nepal Bangladesh Bank Ltd. 410
10 Soaltee Hotel Ltd. 315
Top ten on the basis of Number of Transactions
Company Name No of transactions  
       
1 Lumbini Bank Limited 16812  
2 Birgunj Finance Ltd. 11272
3 World Merchant Banking & Fin. Ltd 9466
4 Kumari Bank Limited 8938
5 Prudential Insurance Co. Ltd 5440
6 Cosmic Merchant & Finance Ltd. 4171
7 Bank Of Kathmandu Limited 3688
8 Laxmi Bank Limited 3653
9 Paschimanchal Dev. Bank Ltd 3470
10 Nepal Ind & Commerc. Bank 2951
                Top ten on the basis of Market Capitalization
  Name of the Company       Capitalization  
                    Rs. In Million  
1 Standard Chartered Bank Nepal 10077.83
2 Nabil Bank Limited 8592.41
3 Himalyan Bank Ltd 6061.77
4 Nepal Investment Bank Ltd. 4695.16
5 Butawal Power Com. Ltd. 3742.20
6 Everest Bank Limited 2803.50
7 Bank of Kathmandu Ltd. 2549.69
8 Nepal SBI Bank Ltd 2545.87
9 Laxmi Bank Limited 2049.60
10 Nepal Ind & Commerc. Bank 1900.00