NEPSE 2026-11-04: index 2,665.53 (+1.40 pts, +0.05%). Breadth 98 up, 171 down; turnover Rs 7.44 billion; top gainer NRIC +15.00%. Read: cautiously positive.
NEPSE Today — 2026-11-04
NEPSE closed at 2,665.53, up 1.40 points (+0.05%) from the previous close of 2,664.13. It opened at 2,668.40 and traded between 2,660.64 (low) and 2,686.06 (high).
What Moved the Index
The index gained 1.40 points. The data shows where that came from rather than why: 4 sub-indices rose and 9 fell. The largest sub-index gains by percentage were Others (+6.19%), Trading (+1.11%), Life Insurance (+0.10%). The sub-indices that closed lower were led down by Finance (-0.82%), Banking (-0.83%). The Banking sub-index closed at 1,588.82 (-0.83%). Breadth was 98 advancers to 171 decliners, so the move was broad-based.
Sector Leaders and Laggards
The strongest sub-indices were Others (+6.19%), Trading (+1.11%), Life Insurance (+0.10%). The weak spots were Banking (-0.83%), Finance (-0.82%), Hotels and Tourism (-0.70%). Taking the top-20 gainers list sector by sector, the first names were NRIC in Others (+15.00%), SGHC in Hydro Power (+8.65%), GCIL in Manufacturing and Processing (+5.00%), SGIC in Non Life Insurance (+1.86%).
Market Breadth
The advance-decline count came in at 98 up against 171 down, with 9 unchanged, for an A/D ratio of 0.57. That is 35.25% of the 278 equities in the tally finishing higher; 358 scrips traded in all, including non-equity instruments. On 2026-11-03 the count was 143 advancers to 121 decliners.
Banking, Hydropower and Finance
The three sub-indices in focus: Banking finished at 1,588.82 (-13.24 points, -0.83%) with an intraday range of 1,585.95 to 1,608.96; Hydropower finished at 3,643.29 (-24.93 points, -0.68%) with an intraday range of 3,632.72 to 3,682.73; Finance finished at 2,195.39 (-18.08 points, -0.82%) with an intraday range of 2,190.79 to 2,223.81.
Next Session Outlook
Scoring the close by fixed rules gives CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE: the index closed higher, decliners outnumbered advancers, the close is above the 20-day average and the MACD histogram is positive. Levels to watch: overhead, the swing high at 2,671.04 (2026-09-23) and support at the 2,629.22 swing low (2026-08-12). Treat this as a summary of what the tape shows, not as advice.