NEPSE 2026-10-12: index 2,595.81 (+4.01 pts, +0.15%). RSI(14) 49.78, close below the 20-day SMA of 2,602.33; turnover Rs 4.47 billion. Read: cautious.
NEPSE Closing Today — 2026-10-12
The NEPSE index rose 4.01 points (+0.15%) to finish at 2,595.81 against a previous close of 2,591.80. The session opened at 2,595.12, printed a high of 2,603.72 and a low of 2,584.03.
Technical Snapshot
From the daily closes, the close is below the 20-day SMA of 2,602.33 (-0.25%), below the 50-day SMA of 2,610.59 (-0.57%), below the 200-day SMA of 2,688.90. The 14-day RSI sits at 49.78, which is neutral territory. MACD(12,26,9) prints -5.62 versus a -4.96 signal line; the histogram is negative at -0.66 and narrowing session on session.
Indicator Table
Indicator values computed from adjusted daily NEPSE closes (259 bars):
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Close | 2,595.81 |
| 20-day SMA | 2,602.33 |
| 50-day SMA | 2,610.59 |
| 200-day SMA | 2,688.90 |
| RSI(14) | 49.78 |
| MACD line / signal | -5.62 / -4.96 |
| MACD histogram | -0.66 |
| 20-day high / low | 2,679.90 / 2,524.55 |
| 52-week high / low | 2,969.50 / 2,469.37 |
Support and Resistance
The nearest swing low below the close is 2,557.30 (set on 2026-10-06), 1.48% under the close. Overhead, the closest swing high is 2,656.54 from 2026-08-13, 2.34% above the close. A swing point here is a high or low that beats the three sessions either side of it. The 20-day band is 2,524.55 to 2,679.90.
Candlestick Read
On the daily chart the session printed a doji (open and close nearly equal) — open 2,595.12, high 2,603.72, low 2,584.03 and close 2,595.81. The body measures 0.69 points against shadows of 7.91 (upper) and 11.09 (lower), leaving the close 59.83% of the way from the low to the high. Relative to the previous close, the open was 3.32 points above it.
Trend Direction
All three moving averages (20-day, 50-day, 200-day) sit above the close. Five sessions back the index was at 2,566.76, so it is +1.13% since then and +1.98% over 21 sessions; the last five closes split 4 up, 1 down, with a 3-session winning streak now. Combining price, breadth, the 20-day average and MACD, the rule-based read is cautious. It summarises the tape; it is not a forecast.