NEPSE 2026-11-13: index 2,648.89 (-6.33 pts, -0.24%). Breadth 110 up, 160 down; turnover Rs 3.05 billion; top gainer SGHC +7.56%. Read: neutral.
NEPSE Today Closing — 2026-11-13
The NEPSE index fell 6.33 points (-0.24%) to finish at 2,648.89 against a previous close of 2,655.22. The session opened at 2,649.89, printed a high of 2,656.23 and a low of 2,639.67.
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 55.68% of the way up a 16.56-point range, 7.34 points off the high, on turnover of Rs 3.05 billion (the index chart's traded-value series ran -41.34% versus its 20-session average). Breadth was 110 advancers to 160 decliners. The mix is not decisive either way.
Market Breadth
Market breadth: 110 advanced, 160 declined and 9 closed unchanged among the equities traded, an advance/decline ratio of 0.69. That is 39.43% of the 279 equities in the tally finishing higher; 335 scrips traded in all, including non-equity instruments. On 2026-11-06 the count was 157 advancers to 107 decliners.
Candlestick Read
The daily candle is a doji (open and close nearly equal): open 2,649.89, high 2,656.23, low 2,639.67, close 2,648.89. The body measures 1.00 points against shadows of 6.34 (upper) and 9.22 (lower), leaving the close 55.68% of the way from the low to the high. The session opened 5.33 points below the prior close.
Top 5 Losers
CREST was the weakest close, -9.56% to 1,078.00.
| Symbol | Company | Sector | LTP | Change | % Change | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CREST | Crest Micro Life Insurance Limited | Life Insurance | 1,078.00 | -114.00 | -9.56% | 8,624 |
| GCIL | Ghorahi Cement Industry Limited | Manufacturing and Processing | 350.10 | -29.90 | -7.87% | 1,111,629 |
| SAPIL | Sarvottam Paints Industries Limited | Manufacturing and Processing | 1,025.50 | -53.40 | -4.95% | 6,797 |
| CYCL | CYC Nepal Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited | Microfinance | 1,295.00 | -67.00 | -4.92% | 12,130 |
| SLBSL | Samudayik Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited | Microfinance | 835.00 | -35.00 | -4.02% | 3,533 |
Next Session Outlook
On the rule set used here the next-session read is NEUTRAL, because the index closed lower, 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 2,656.54 (2026-08-13) 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.