NEPSE 2026-10-13: index 2,599.93 (+4.12 pts, +0.16%). RSI(14) 50.96, close below the 20-day SMA of 2,604.36; turnover Rs 4.74 billion. Read: neutral.
NEPSE Daily Closing Nepal — 2026-10-13
NEPSE closed at 2,599.93, up 4.12 points (+0.16%) from the previous close of 2,595.81. The session opened at 2,597.93, printed a high of 2,600.95 and a low of 2,589.36.
Strength and Weakness
Strengths: index +0.16% on the day; MACD histogram +0.41. Weaknesses: breadth 104 up vs 167 down; close below the 20-day SMA (2,604.36); close below the 50-day SMA (2,608.65); 5 of 13 sub-indices higher.
Market Breadth
Breadth read 104 advancers to 167 decliners (7 flat), 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. For comparison, 2026-10-12 finished with 105 up and 165 down.
Technical Snapshot
From the daily closes, the close is below the 20-day SMA of 2,604.36 (-0.17%), below the 50-day SMA of 2,608.65 (-0.33%), below the 200-day SMA of 2,688.85. RSI(14) is 50.96, in the neutral zone. MACD(12,26,9) prints -4.44 versus a -4.85 signal line; the histogram is positive at +0.41 and narrowing session on session.
What to Watch
Checkpoints for the next session, drawn only from the levels above:
- A close above 2,656.54 (the 2026-08-13 swing high) would clear the nearest overhead level.
- A close below 2,557.30 (the 2026-10-06 swing low) would break the nearest support.
- The 20-day SMA at 2,604.36 is the short-term trend line to track.
- RSI(14) at 50.96 leaves 19.04 points room before the 70 overbought line.
- Follow-through in the leaders (SMJC, OHL) is the tell for continuation.
Trend Direction
All three moving averages (20-day, 50-day, 200-day) sit above the close. Five sessions back the index was at +0.82%, so it is 2,578.73 since then and +2.70% over 21 sessions; the last five closes split 4 up, 1 down, with a 4-session winning streak now. On the rule set (price, breadth, 20-day average, MACD) the read is neutral. It summarises the tape; it is not a forecast.