NEPSE 2026-09-07: index 2,560.84 (+18.07 pts, +0.71%). Breadth 196 up, 79 down; turnover Rs 3.83 billion; top gainer PURE +15.00%. Read: neutral.
NEPSE Today News — 2026-09-07
At the close NEPSE stood at 2,560.84, a move of +18.07 points (+0.71%) on the day from 2,542.77. Intraday the index ranged from 2,542.30 to 2,566.31 after opening at 2,558.37.
Investor Sentiment
Sentiment, measured by breadth rather than opinion, was firmly positive: 70.25% of traded equities advanced (196 up, 79 down, 4 flat). Within the top-20 lists, 1 gainers rose 10% or more and 4 losers fell 10% or more. Turnover of Rs 3.83 billion on 50,844 transactions is the participation number to hold that against (the index chart's traded-value series ran -2.61% versus its 20-session average).
Week in Context
Five sessions ago NEPSE closed at 2,557.31, so the week-on-week change is +0.14%; over 21 sessions it is -4.02%. Measured from the 52-week extremes it is -13.76% from the high of 2,969.50 (2026-03-25) and +3.70% above the low of 2,469.37 (2025-10-26). Recent session breadth: 2026-09-03 145 up / 124 down; 2026-09-02 194 up / 75 down; 2026-09-01 181 up / 84 down; 2026-08-31 21 up / 254 down.
Sector Leaders and Laggards
Leading sectors were Non-Life Insurance (+2.09%), Manufacturing and Processing (+1.25%), Banking (+1.15%). Under pressure were Finance (-0.44%), Trading (-0.09%). Taking the top-20 gainers list sector by sector, the first names were PURE in Others (+15.00%), GMFBS in Microfinance (+7.35%), SAIL in Manufacturing and Processing (+6.26%), RAWA in Hydro Power (+5.32%).
Technical Snapshot
From the daily closes, the close is below the 20-day SMA of 2,599.62 (-1.49%), below the 50-day SMA of 2,634.01 (-2.78%), below the 200-day SMA of 2,689.18. Momentum by RSI(14) reads 37.96, a neutral reading. MACD(12,26,9) reads -32.72 against a signal line of -27.51, a negative histogram of -5.21 that is narrowing.
Next Session Outlook
Scoring the close by fixed rules gives NEUTRAL: the index closed higher, advancers outnumbered decliners, the close is below the 20-day average and the MACD histogram is negative. The reference levels are 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.