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 Daily Report Nepal — 2026-10-01
NEPSE closed at 2,599.15, up 0.26 points (+0.01%) from the previous close of 2,598.89. Intraday the index ranged from 2,589.12 to 2,605.72 after opening at 2,597.55.
Candlestick Read
The daily candle is a doji (open and close nearly equal): open 2,597.55, high 2,605.72, low 2,589.12, close 2,599.15. Body 1.60 points, upper shadow 6.57, lower shadow 8.43; the close is 60.42% up the range. Relative to the previous close, the open was 1.34 points below it.
NEPSE OHLC
The session's index prints:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Previous close | 2,598.89 |
| Open | 2,597.55 |
| High | 2,605.72 |
| Low | 2,589.12 |
| Close | 2,599.15 |
| Change | +0.26 (+0.01%) |
| Range | 16.60 points |
| Candle | doji (open and close nearly equal) |
Support and Resistance
Below the market the first swing low is 2,546.69, printed on 2026-07-14 and 2.02% beneath the close. The nearest swing high above it is 2,656.54 (2026-08-13), 2.21% away. These levels are three-session pivots from the last 60 sessions; for context the 20-day range is 2,501.49 to 2,679.90.
Range Context
High to low the index covered 16.60 points, 0.64% of the previous close, and settled 60.42% of the way up that span. Over the last 20 sessions the index has spanned 2,501.49 to 2,679.90; the 52-week range is 2,469.37 (2025-10-26) to 2,969.50 (2026-03-25), leaving the close -12.47% from the 52-week high and +5.26% above the 52-week low.
Trend Direction
The close is above 1 of the three moving averages (20-day, 50-day and 200-day). The five-session change is 2,618.03 (from a close of -0.72%) and the 21-session change +1.59%, with 2 of the last five closes up and 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.