NEPSE 2026-10-01: index 2,599.15 (+0.26 pts, +0.01%). Breadth 139 up, 128 down; turnover Rs 4.89 billion; top gainer SINDU +10.81%. Read: positive.
NEPSE Today News — 2026-10-01
NEPSE closed at 2,599.15, up 0.26 points (+0.01%) from the previous close of 2,598.89. It opened at 2,597.55 and traded between 2,589.12 (low) and 2,605.72 (high).
Investor Sentiment
Sentiment, measured by breadth rather than opinion, was balanced: 49.82% of traded equities advanced (139 up, 128 down, 12 flat). Within the top-20 lists, 1 gainers rose 10% or more and 0 losers fell 10% or more. Turnover of Rs 4.89 billion on 51,745 transactions is the participation number to hold that against (the index chart's traded-value series ran +2.70% versus its 20-session average).
Week in Context
Five sessions ago NEPSE closed at 2,618.03, so the week-on-week change is -0.72%; over 21 sessions it is +1.59%. Measured from the 52-week extremes it is -12.47% from the high of 2,969.50 (2026-03-25) and +5.26% above the low of 2,469.37 (2025-10-26). Recent session breadth: 2026-09-30 109 up / 157 down; 2026-09-29 69 up / 199 down; 2026-09-28 49 up / 224 down; 2026-09-24 176 up / 95 down.
Sector Leaders and Laggards
Leading sectors were Banking (+0.40%), Development Bank (+0.23%), Finance (+0.19%). Under pressure were Trading (-1.05%), Non-Life Insurance (-0.51%), Others (-0.33%). Taking the top-20 gainers list sector by sector, the first names were SINDU in Development Banks (+10.81%), ENL in Investment (+7.71%), MMKJL in Hydro Power (+7.58%), SHLB in Microfinance (+2.58%).
Technical Snapshot
From the daily closes, the close is above the 20-day SMA of 2,586.70 (+0.48%), below the 50-day SMA of 2,629.21 (-1.14%), below the 200-day SMA of 2,691.40. The 14-day RSI sits at 48.14, which is neutral territory. MACD(12,26,9) reads 0.72 against a signal line of -2.17, a positive histogram of +2.89 that is narrowing.
Next Session Outlook
Rule-based read for the next session: 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 2,656.54 (2026-08-13) and support at the 2,546.69 swing low (2026-07-14). Treat this as a summary of what the tape shows, not as advice.