NEPSE 2026-10-13: index 2,599.93 (+4.12 pts, +0.16%). 5 of 13 sub-indices rose; Life Insurance led at +1.78%. Breadth 104 up, 167 down. Read: neutral.
Nepal Stock Market Today — 2026-10-13
NEPSE closed at 2,599.93, up 4.12 points (+0.16%) from the previous close of 2,595.81. It opened at 2,597.93 and traded between 2,589.36 (low) and 2,600.95 (high).
Sub-Index Performance
Sub-index scorecard: 5 of 13 higher, Life Insurance on top (+1.78%), Hotels and Tourism at the bottom (-0.58%).
| Sub-index | Close | Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Insurance | 11,825.33 | +206.43 | +1.78% |
| Banking | 1,543.23 | +10.65 | +0.69% |
| Non-Life Insurance | 9,420.12 | +50.54 | +0.54% |
| Investment | 93.67 | +0.12 | +0.13% |
| Development Bank | 5,403.37 | +3.03 | +0.06% |
| Microfinance | 4,430.76 | -4.38 | -0.10% |
| Mutual Fund | 19.48 | -0.02 | -0.10% |
| Finance | 2,181.27 | -6.79 | -0.31% |
| Manufacturing and Processing | 10,532.13 | -42.82 | -0.40% |
| Trading | 3,197.40 | -12.97 | -0.40% |
| Hydropower | 3,510.69 | -15.75 | -0.45% |
| Others | 1,773.61 | -9.27 | -0.52% |
| Hotels and Tourism | 6,870.57 | -40.12 | -0.58% |
Sector Leaders and Laggards
The strongest sub-indices were Life Insurance (+1.78%), Banking (+0.69%), Non-Life Insurance (+0.54%). Under pressure were Hotels and Tourism (-0.58%), Others (-0.52%), Hydropower (-0.45%). Among the day's top-20 gainers, the sector leaders were SMJC in Hydro Power (+12.44%), OHL in Hotels and Tourism (+3.74%), SNLI in Life Insurance (+3.17%), NBL in Commercial Banks (+2.30%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth: 104 advanced, 167 declined and 7 closed unchanged among the equities traded, an advance/decline ratio of 0.62. Put another way, 37.41% of the 278 equities with a recorded change closed up, out of 351 scrips traded in total. The previous session (2026-10-12) had 105 advancers against 165 decliners.
Range Context
The intraday span was 11.59 points (0.45% of the prior close), with the close sitting 91.20% up from the low of the range. The 20-session band is 2,556.90 to 2,679.90. The 52-week extremes are 2,469.37 (2025-10-26) and 2,969.50 (2026-03-25), so the close is -12.45% off the yearly high and +5.29% above the yearly low.
Next Session Outlook
On the rule set used here the next-session read is NEUTRAL, because the index closed higher, decliners outnumbered advancers, the close is below the 20-day average and the MACD histogram is positive. The reference levels are the nearest swing high at 2,656.54 (2026-08-13) and below, the swing low at 2,557.30 (2026-10-06). This is a description of the closing data, not a forecast or a recommendation.