NEPSE 2026-10-16: index 2,634.17 (+8.24 pts, +0.31%). Breadth 174 up, 91 down; turnover Rs 4.88 billion; top gainer CKHL +14.82%. Read: positive.
NEPSE Today Closing — 2026-10-16
The NEPSE index rose 8.24 points (+0.31%) to finish at 2,634.17 against a previous close of 2,625.93. Intraday the index ranged from 2,622.78 to 2,638.42 after opening at 2,626.41.
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 72.83% of the way up a 15.64-point range, 4.25 points off the high, on turnover of Rs 4.88 billion (the index chart's traded-value series ran +2.24% versus its 20-session average). Breadth was 174 advancers to 91 decliners. That combination reads more like fresh buying than distribution.
Market Breadth
The advance-decline count came in at 174 up against 91 down, with 12 unchanged, for an A/D ratio of 1.91. Advancers were 62.82% of the 277 equities counted, on a day when 348 scrips changed hands overall. For comparison, 2026-10-15 finished with 172 up and 90 down.
Candlestick Read
Today's bar classifies as a bullish spinning top (small body, shadows on both sides), from an open of 2,626.41 through a high of 2,638.42 and a low of 2,622.78 to a close of 2,634.17. The real body spans 7.76 points with an upper shadow of 4.25 and a lower shadow of 3.63, and the close sits 72.83% of the way up the day's range. The session opened 0.48 points above the prior close.
Top 5 Losers
On the losing side HEI fell -4.98% to 439.00.
| Symbol | Company | Sector | LTP | Change | % Change | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEI | Himalayan Everest Insurance Limited | Non Life Insurance | 439.00 | -23.00 | -4.98% | 95,219 |
| NRIC | Nepal Reinsurance Company Limited | Others | 765.00 | -25.00 | -3.16% | 41,396 |
| MFIL | Manjushree Finance Ltd. | Finance | 776.00 | -24.00 | -3.00% | 88,449 |
| YMHL | Yambaling Hydropower Limited | Hydro Power | 449.00 | -13.00 | -2.81% | 14,228 |
| TPKHL | Taksar Pikhuwa Khola Hydropower Limited | Hydro Power | 435.00 | -12.00 | -2.68% | 15,753 |
Next Session Outlook
Scoring the close by fixed rules gives POSITIVE: the index closed higher, advancers outnumbered decliners, the close is above the 20-day average and the MACD histogram is positive. The reference levels are the nearest swing high at 2,656.54 (2026-08-13) and below, the swing low at 2,629.22 (2026-08-12). This is a description of the closing data, not a forecast or a recommendation.