NEPSE 2026-10-29: index 2,695.60 (+31.54 pts, +1.18%). Breadth 181 up, 91 down; turnover Rs 8.57 billion; top gainer BENH +15.00%. Read: positive.
NEPSE Today — 2026-10-29
NEPSE closed at 2,695.60, up 31.54 points (+1.18%) from the previous close of 2,664.06. Intraday the index ranged from 2,658.78 to 2,695.63 after opening at 2,660.23.
What Moved the Index
The index gained 31.54 points. The data shows where that came from rather than why: 13 sub-indices rose and 0 fell. The largest sub-index gains by percentage were Others (+2.46%), Banking (+2.29%), Hotels and Tourism (+2.05%). The Banking sub-index closed at 1,618.22 (+2.29%). Breadth was 181 advancers to 91 decliners, so the move was broad-based.
Sector Leaders and Laggards
On the upside, Others (+2.46%), Banking (+2.29%), Hotels and Tourism (+2.05%). No sub-index closed in the red. Taking the top-20 gainers list sector by sector, the first names were BENH in Hydro Power (+15.00%), SOPL in Manufacturing and Processing (+8.72%), NRIC in Others (+5.61%), NFS in Finance (+5.49%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth: 181 advanced, 91 declined and 6 closed unchanged among the equities traded, an advance/decline ratio of 1.99. Put another way, 65.11% of the 278 equities with a recorded change closed up, out of 350 scrips traded in total. For comparison, 2026-10-28 finished with 240 up and 35 down.
Banking, Hydropower and Finance
The three sub-indices in focus: Banking finished at 1,618.22 (+36.20 points, +2.29%) with an intraday range of 1,571.48 to 1,618.54; Hydropower finished at 3,718.15 (+13.44 points, +0.36%) with an intraday range of 3,683.77 to 3,733.55; Finance finished at 2,258.97 (+37.71 points, +1.70%) with an intraday range of 2,224.10 to 2,258.97.
Next Session Outlook
On the rule set used here the next-session read is POSITIVE, because the index closed higher, advancers outnumbered decliners, the close is above the 20-day average, the MACD histogram is positive and RSI is in the overbought zone. Levels to watch: support at the 2,629.22 swing low (2026-08-12). This is a description of the closing data, not a forecast or a recommendation.