NEPSE 2026-10-13: index 2,599.93 (+4.12 pts, +0.16%). Breadth 104 up, 167 down; turnover Rs 4.74 billion; top gainer SMJC +12.44%. Read: neutral.
NEPSE Today News — 2026-10-13
NEPSE closed at 2,599.93, up 4.12 points (+0.16%) from the previous close of 2,595.81. Intraday the index ranged from 2,589.36 to 2,600.95 after opening at 2,597.93.
Investor Sentiment
Sentiment, measured by breadth rather than opinion, was leaning negative: 37.41% of traded equities advanced (104 up, 167 down, 7 flat). Within the top-20 lists, 1 gainers rose 10% or more and 2 losers fell 10% or more. Turnover of Rs 4.74 billion on 46,659 transactions is the participation number to hold that against (the index chart's traded-value series ran -4.73% versus its 20-session average).
Week in Context
Five sessions ago NEPSE closed at 2,578.73, so the week-on-week change is +0.82%; over 21 sessions it is +2.70%. The index is -12.45% from its 52-week high of 2,969.50 (2026-03-25) and +5.29% above the 52-week low of 2,469.37 (2025-10-26). Recent session breadth: 2026-10-12 105 up / 165 down; 2026-10-09 180 up / 89 down; 2026-10-08 140 up / 127 down; 2026-10-07 100 up / 167 down.
Sector Leaders and Laggards
Leading sectors were Life Insurance (+1.78%), Banking (+0.69%), Non-Life Insurance (+0.54%). Lagging were Hotels and Tourism (-0.58%), Others (-0.52%), Hydropower (-0.45%). Among the day's top-20 gainers, the sector leaders were SMJC in Hydro Power (+12.44%), OHL in Hotels and Tourism (+3.74%), SNLI in Life Insurance (+3.17%), NBL in Commercial Banks (+2.30%).
Technical Snapshot
From the daily closes, the close is below the 20-day SMA of 2,604.36 (-0.17%), below the 50-day SMA of 2,608.65 (-0.33%), below the 200-day SMA of 2,688.85. RSI(14) is 50.96, in the neutral zone. MACD(12,26,9) reads -4.44 against a signal line of -4.85, a positive histogram of +0.41 that is narrowing.
Next Session Outlook
On the rule set used here the next-session read is NEUTRAL, because the index closed higher, decliners outnumbered advancers, the close is below the 20-day average and the MACD histogram is positive. Levels to watch: the nearest swing high at 2,656.54 (2026-08-13) and support at the 2,557.30 swing low (2026-10-06). Treat this as a summary of what the tape shows, not as advice.