BUDGET, ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT HAS ADVERSE EFFECT ON STOCKS Kathmandu, 21 Nov.: Stock prices fell 8.01 points immediately after the market opened following government’s unilateral decision overnight to announce a budget and constituent assembly election sometime in mid-April opposed by the opposition. Stock prices crocked the 500 mark figure for the first time in more than Three years Tuesday but again slipped to 493.5 points. nnnn