NEPSE 2026-10-02: index 2,587.25 (-11.90 pts, -0.46%). Breadth 61 up, 207 down; turnover Rs 4.29 billion; top gainer MANDU +5.45%. Read: cautious.
NEPSE Today Closing — 2026-10-02
NEPSE closed at 2,587.25, down 11.90 points (-0.46%) from the previous close of 2,599.15. Intraday the index ranged from 2,582.36 to 2,600.47 after opening at 2,592.26.
Profit Booking or Fresh Buying?
Profit booking usually shows up as a close well below the high on decent turnover; fresh buying as a close near the high with rising breadth. Today the close was 27.00% of the way up a 18.11-point range, 13.22 points off the high, on turnover of Rs 4.29 billion (the index chart's traded-value series ran -19.09% versus its 20-session average). Breadth was 61 advancers to 207 decliners. A close in the lower part of the range is consistent with selling into strength.
Market Breadth
Breadth read 61 advancers to 207 decliners (11 flat), an advance/decline ratio of 0.29. Put another way, 21.86% of the 279 equities with a recorded change closed up, out of 356 scrips traded in total. For comparison, 2026-10-01 finished with 139 up and 128 down.
Candlestick Read
Today's bar classifies as a bearish spinning top (small body, shadows on both sides), from an open of 2,592.26 through a high of 2,600.47 and a low of 2,582.36 to a close of 2,587.25. The body measures 5.01 points against shadows of 8.21 (upper) and 4.89 (lower), leaving the close 27.00% of the way from the low to the high. The session opened 6.89 points below the prior close.
Top 5 Losers
On the losing side SINDU fell -8.55% to 448.00.
| Symbol | Company | Sector | LTP | Change | % Change | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SINDU | Sindhu Bikash Bank Ltd | Development Banks | 448.00 | -41.90 | -8.55% | 65,658 |
| DLBS | Dhaulagiri Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited | Microfinance | 1,090.10 | -56.80 | -4.95% | 1,018 |
| MKCL | Muktinath Krishi Company Limited | Others | 810.10 | -36.90 | -4.36% | 5,652 |
| APHL | Appolo Hydropower Limited | Hydro Power | 591.80 | -26.20 | -4.24% | 8,231 |
| SAPIL | Sarvottam Paints Industries Limited | Manufacturing and Processing | 1,226.00 | -53.00 | -4.14% | 12,108 |
Next Session Outlook
On the rule set used here the next-session read is CAUTIOUS, because the index closed lower, decliners outnumbered advancers, the close is below the 20-day average and the MACD histogram is positive. Marking the chart: resistance at the 2,656.54 swing high (2026-08-13) and below, the swing low at 2,546.69 (2026-07-14). This is a description of the closing data, not a forecast or a recommendation.