NEPSE 2026-09-22: index 2,654.28 (+7.06 pts, +0.27%). Breadth 139 up, 130 down; turnover Rs 7.05 billion; top gainer MSHL +14.99%. Read: positive.
NEPSE Today News — 2026-09-22
The NEPSE index rose 7.06 points (+0.27%) to finish at 2,654.28 against a previous close of 2,647.22. The session opened at 2,650.77, printed a high of 2,662.71 and a low of 2,637.57.
Investor Sentiment
Sentiment, measured by breadth rather than opinion, was balanced: 49.64% of traded equities advanced (139 up, 130 down, 11 flat). Within the top-20 lists, 1 gainers rose 10% or more and 0 losers fell 10% or more. Turnover of Rs 7.05 billion on 70,691 transactions is the participation number to hold that against (the index chart's traded-value series ran +61.91% versus its 20-session average).
Week in Context
NEPSE stood at 2,585.04 five sessions ago, which makes the one-week move +2.68% and the 21-session move +1.21%. That leaves it -10.62% below the 52-week high of 2,969.50 (2026-03-25) and +7.49% over the 52-week low of 2,469.37 (2025-10-26). Recent session breadth: 2026-09-18 197 up / 74 down; 2026-09-17 178 up / 85 down; 2026-09-16 43 up / 225 down; 2026-09-15 266 up / 12 down.
Sector Leaders and Laggards
Leading sectors were Others (+1.36%), Life Insurance (+0.83%), Microfinance (+0.59%). Lagging were Trading (-0.93%), Finance (-0.52%), Mutual Fund (-0.31%). The best-placed scrip from each sector inside the top-20 gainers: MSHL in Hydro Power (+14.99%), FMDBL in Microfinance (+7.75%), HDL in Manufacturing and Processing (+4.90%), PURE in Others (+3.34%).
Technical Snapshot
From the daily closes, the close is above the 20-day SMA of 2,581.44 (+2.82%), above the 50-day SMA of 2,626.70 (+1.05%), below the 200-day SMA of 2,690.53. Momentum by RSI(14) reads 60.99, a neutral reading. MACD(12,26,9) reads 0.94 against a signal line of -14.01, a positive histogram of +14.95 that is widening.
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 overhead, the swing high at 2,656.54 (2026-08-13) and support at the 2,629.22 swing low (2026-08-12). This is a description of the closing data, not a forecast or a recommendation.