NEPSE 2026-09-22: index 2,654.28 (+7.06 pts, +0.27%). RSI(14) 60.99, close above the 20-day SMA of 2,581.44; turnover Rs 7.05 billion. Read: positive.
NEPSE Daily Report Nepal — 2026-09-22
The NEPSE index rose 7.06 points (+0.27%) to finish at 2,654.28 against a previous close of 2,647.22. It opened at 2,650.77 and traded between 2,637.57 (low) and 2,662.71 (high).
Candlestick Read
On the daily chart the session printed a bullish spinning top (small body, shadows on both sides) — open 2,650.77, high 2,662.71, low 2,637.57 and close 2,654.28. The real body spans 3.51 points with an upper shadow of 8.43 and a lower shadow of 13.20, and the close sits 66.47% of the way up the day's range. The session opened 3.55 points above the prior close.
NEPSE OHLC
The session's index prints:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Previous close | 2,647.22 |
| Open | 2,650.77 |
| High | 2,662.71 |
| Low | 2,637.57 |
| Close | 2,654.28 |
| Change | +7.06 (+0.27%) |
| Range | 25.14 points |
| Candle | bullish spinning top (small body, shadows on both sides) |
Support and Resistance
Support, defined as the closest swing low under the close, is 2,629.22 from 2026-08-12, 0.94% below. Overhead, the closest swing high is 2,656.54 from 2026-08-13, 0.09% above the close. Swing points are local extremes over a three-session window on each side; the 20-day band runs 2,501.49 to 2,679.90.
Range Context
The day's range was 25.14 points (0.95% of the previous close) and the index closed 66.47% of the way up that range. The 20-session band is 2,501.49 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 -10.62% off the yearly high and +7.49% above the yearly low.
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 +2.68% (from 2,585.04) and over 21 sessions +1.21%; the last five closes were 4 up and 1 down, with a 3-session winning streak now. On the rule set (price, breadth, 20-day average, MACD) the read is positive. Nothing here is advice — it is what the closing data shows.