NEPSE 2026-10-06: index 2,578.73 (+11.97 pts, +0.47%). RSI(14) 44.44, close below the 20-day SMA of 2,594.63; turnover Rs 3.14 billion. Read: neutral.
NEPSE Daily Report Nepal — 2026-10-06
At the close NEPSE stood at 2,578.73, a move of +11.97 points (+0.47%) on the day from 2,566.76. Intraday the index ranged from 2,557.30 to 2,581.58 after opening at 2,559.20.
Candlestick Read
The daily candle is a solid bullish candle (body covers most of the range): open 2,559.20, high 2,581.58, low 2,557.30, close 2,578.73. The real body spans 19.53 points with an upper shadow of 2.85 and a lower shadow of 1.90, and the close sits 88.26% of the way up the day's range. Relative to the previous close, the open was 7.56 points below it.
NEPSE OHLC
The session's index prints:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Previous close | 2,566.76 |
| Open | 2,559.20 |
| High | 2,581.58 |
| Low | 2,557.30 |
| Close | 2,578.73 |
| Change | +11.97 (+0.47%) |
| Range | 24.28 points |
| Candle | solid bullish candle (body covers most of the range) |
Support and Resistance
Below the market the first swing low is 2,546.69, printed on 2026-07-14 and 1.24% beneath the close. Overhead, the closest swing high is 2,656.54 from 2026-08-13, 3.02% above the close. Swing points are local extremes over a three-session window on each side; the 20-day band runs 2,524.55 to 2,679.90.
Range Context
High to low the index covered 24.28 points, 0.95% of the previous close, and settled 88.26% of the way up that span. Over the last 20 sessions the index has spanned 2,524.55 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 -13.16% from the 52-week high and +4.43% above the 52-week low.
Trend Direction
All three moving averages (20-day, 50-day, 200-day) sit above the close. The five-session change is -0.96% (from a close of 2,603.71) and the 21-session change +2.22%, 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 neutral. That is a description of the current state, not a prediction.