NEPSE 2026-10-01: index 2,599.15 (+0.26 pts, +0.01%). RSI(14) 48.14, close above the 20-day SMA of 2,586.70; turnover Rs 4.89 billion. Read: positive.
NEPSE Closing Today — 2026-10-01
The NEPSE index rose 0.26 points (+0.01%) to finish at 2,599.15 against a previous close of 2,598.89. Intraday the index ranged from 2,589.12 to 2,605.72 after opening at 2,597.55.
Technical Snapshot
On the daily chart, the close is above the 20-day SMA of 2,586.70 (+0.48%), below the 50-day SMA of 2,629.21 (-1.14%), below the 200-day SMA of 2,691.40. Momentum by RSI(14) reads 48.14, a neutral reading. MACD(12,26,9) prints 0.72 versus a -2.17 signal line; the histogram is positive at +2.89 and narrowing session on session.
Indicator Table
Indicator values computed from adjusted daily NEPSE closes (258 bars):
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Close | 2,599.15 |
| 20-day SMA | 2,586.70 |
| 50-day SMA | 2,629.21 |
| 200-day SMA | 2,691.40 |
| RSI(14) | 48.14 |
| MACD line / signal | 0.72 / -2.17 |
| MACD histogram | +2.89 |
| 20-day high / low | 2,679.90 / 2,501.49 |
| 52-week high / low | 2,969.50 / 2,469.37 |
Support and Resistance
Support, defined as the closest swing low under the close, is 2,546.69 from 2026-07-14, 2.02% below. The nearest swing high above it is 2,656.54 (2026-08-13), 2.21% away. A swing point here is a high or low that beats the three sessions either side of it. The 20-day band is 2,501.49 to 2,679.90.
Candlestick Read
On the daily chart the session printed a doji (open and close nearly equal) — open 2,597.55, high 2,605.72, low 2,589.12 and close 2,599.15. The real body spans 1.60 points with an upper shadow of 6.57 and a lower shadow of 8.43, and the close sits 60.42% of the way up the day's range. Relative to the previous close, the open was 1.34 points below it.
Trend Direction
The close is above 1 of the three moving averages (20-day, 50-day and 200-day). Five sessions back the index was at 2,618.03, so it is -0.72% since then and +1.59% over 21 sessions; the last five closes split 2 up, 3 down. Combining price, breadth, the 20-day average and MACD, the rule-based read is positive. Nothing here is advice — it is what the closing data shows.