NEPSE 2026-10-28: index 2,664.06 (+33.30 pts, +1.27%). Breadth 241 up, 35 down; turnover Rs 7.46 billion; top gainer BENH +15.00%. Read: positive.
NEPSE Today Closing — 2026-10-28
At the close NEPSE stood at 2,664.06, a move of +33.30 points (+1.27%) on the day from 2,630.76. It opened at 2,626.86 and traded between 2,626.86 (low) and 2,664.06 (high).
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 100.00% of the way up a 37.20-point range, 0.00 points off the high, on turnover of Rs 7.46 billion (the index chart's traded-value series ran +62.92% versus its 20-session average). Breadth was 241 advancers to 35 decliners. That combination reads more like fresh buying than distribution.
Market Breadth
The advance-decline count came in at 241 up against 35 down, with 3 unchanged, for an A/D ratio of 6.89. Put another way, 86.38% of the 279 equities with a recorded change closed up, out of 348 scrips traded in total. The previous session (2026-10-27) had 134 advancers against 136 decliners.
Candlestick Read
On the daily chart the session printed a bullish marubozu (almost no shadows) — open 2,626.86, high 2,664.06, low 2,626.86 and close 2,664.06. Body 37.20 points, upper shadow 0.00, lower shadow 0.00; the close is 100.00% up the range. The session opened 3.90 points below the prior close.
Top 5 Losers
SHLB was the weakest close, -2.30% to 1,272.00.
| Symbol | Company | Sector | LTP | Change | % Change | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHLB | Shrijanshil Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited | Microfinance | 1,272.00 | -30.00 | -2.30% | 110 |
| CKHL | Chirkhwa Hydropower Limited | Hydro Power | 509.00 | -11.00 | -2.12% | 11,686 |
| MMKJL | Mathillo Mailun Khola Jalvidhyut Limited | Hydro Power | 400.20 | -7.80 | -1.91% | 44,145 |
| GLBSL | Gurans Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited | Microfinance | 1,455.00 | -22.00 | -1.49% | 210 |
| SAPDBL | Saptakoshi Development Bank Ltd | Development Banks | 538.60 | -7.40 | -1.36% | 11,566 |
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. Marking the chart: overhead, the swing high at 2,671.04 (2026-09-23) and the nearest swing low at 2,629.22 (2026-08-12). Treat this as a summary of what the tape shows, not as advice.