NEPSE 2026-10-26: index 2,629.82 (-4.35 pts, -0.17%). RSI(14) 58.19, close above the 20-day SMA of 2,607.14; turnover Rs 4.00 billion. Read: neutral.
NEPSE Daily Closing Nepal — 2026-10-26
The NEPSE index fell 4.35 points (-0.17%) to finish at 2,629.82 against a previous close of 2,634.17. It opened at 2,630.84 and traded between 2,620.69 (low) and 2,637.65 (high).
Strength and Weakness
Strengths: close above the 20-day SMA (2,607.14); close above the 50-day SMA (2,604.25); MACD histogram +5.52. Weaknesses: index -0.17% on the day; breadth 99 up vs 171 down; 4 of 13 sub-indices higher.
Market Breadth
The advance-decline count came in at 99 up against 171 down, with 6 unchanged, for an A/D ratio of 0.58. That is 35.87% of the 276 equities in the tally finishing higher; 341 scrips traded in all, including non-equity instruments. The previous session (2026-10-16) had 173 advancers against 91 decliners.
Technical Snapshot
From the daily closes, the close is above the 20-day SMA of 2,607.14 (+0.87%), above the 50-day SMA of 2,604.25 (+0.98%), below the 200-day SMA of 2,689.22. Momentum by RSI(14) reads 58.19, a neutral reading. The MACD(12,26,9) line is at 4.96 with the signal at -0.56, leaving a positive histogram of +5.52, and the gap is widening.
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 2,629.22 (the 2026-08-12 swing low) would break the nearest support.
- The 20-day SMA at 2,607.14 is the short-term trend line to track.
- RSI(14) at 58.19 leaves 11.81 points room before the 70 overbought line.
- Follow-through in the leaders (BENH, MMKJL) is the tell for continuation.
Trend Direction
The close is above 2 of the three moving averages (20-day, 50-day and 200-day). Over five sessions the index is 2,595.81 (from +1.31%) and over 21 sessions +0.67%; the last five closes were 4 up and 1 down. Price, breadth, the 20-day average and MACD together score the close as neutral under the fixed rules used here. Nothing here is advice — it is what the closing data shows.