NEPSE 2026-10-12: index 2,595.81 (+4.01 pts, +0.15%). Breadth 105 up, 165 down; turnover Rs 4.47 billion; top gainer DLBS +14.99%. Read: cautious.
NEPSE Today News — 2026-10-12
At the close NEPSE stood at 2,595.81, a move of +4.01 points (+0.15%) on the day from 2,591.80. The session opened at 2,595.12, printed a high of 2,603.72 and a low of 2,584.03.
Investor Sentiment
Sentiment, measured by breadth rather than opinion, was leaning negative: 37.91% of traded equities advanced (105 up, 165 down, 7 flat). Within the top-20 lists, 2 gainers rose 10% or more and 0 losers fell 10% or more. Turnover of Rs 4.47 billion on 49,809 transactions is the participation number to hold that against (the index chart's traded-value series ran -10.22% versus its 20-session average).
Week in Context
Five sessions ago NEPSE closed at 2,566.76, so the week-on-week change is +1.13%; over 21 sessions it is +1.98%. Measured from the 52-week extremes it is -12.58% from the high of 2,969.50 (2026-03-25) and +5.12% above the low of 2,469.37 (2025-10-26). Recent session breadth: 2026-10-09 180 up / 89 down; 2026-10-08 140 up / 127 down; 2026-10-07 100 up / 167 down; 2026-10-06 169 up / 95 down.
Sector Leaders and Laggards
The strongest sub-indices were Trading (+1.02%), Banking (+0.98%), Development Bank (+0.54%). The weak spots were Hotels and Tourism (-0.88%), Hydropower (-0.46%), Others (-0.43%). Taking the top-20 gainers list sector by sector, the first names were DLBS in Microfinance (+14.99%), SNORL in Hydro Power (+13.92%), LSL in Commercial Banks (+3.21%), SONA in Manufacturing and Processing (+2.56%).
Technical Snapshot
Technically, the close is below the 20-day SMA of 2,602.33 (-0.25%), below the 50-day SMA of 2,610.59 (-0.57%), below the 200-day SMA of 2,688.90. RSI(14) is 49.78, in the neutral zone. MACD(12,26,9) reads -5.62 against a signal line of -4.96, a negative histogram of -0.66 that is narrowing.
Next Session Outlook
Rule-based read for the next session: CAUTIOUS — the index closed higher, decliners outnumbered advancers, the close is below the 20-day average and the MACD histogram is negative. Marking the chart: overhead, the swing high at 2,656.54 (2026-08-13) and the nearest swing low at 2,557.30 (2026-10-06). This is a description of the closing data, not a forecast or a recommendation.