NEPSE 2026-10-29: index 2,695.60 (+31.54 pts, +1.18%). Breadth 181 up, 91 down; turnover Rs 8.57 billion; top gainer BENH +15.00%. Read: positive.
NEPSE Today News — 2026-10-29
The NEPSE index rose 31.54 points (+1.18%) to finish at 2,695.60 against a previous close of 2,664.06. Intraday the index ranged from 2,658.78 to 2,695.63 after opening at 2,660.23.
Investor Sentiment
Sentiment, measured by breadth rather than opinion, was firmly positive: 65.11% of traded equities advanced (181 up, 91 down, 6 flat). Within the top-20 lists, 1 gainers rose 10% or more and 0 losers fell 10% or more. Turnover of Rs 8.57 billion on 69,619 transactions is the participation number to hold that against (the index chart's traded-value series ran +86.34% versus its 20-session average).
Week in Context
NEPSE stood at 2,625.93 five sessions ago, which makes the one-week move +2.65% and the 21-session move +1.56%. Measured from the 52-week extremes it is -9.22% from the high of 2,969.50 (2026-03-25) and +7.76% above the low of 2,501.49 (2026-09-01). Recent session breadth: 2026-10-28 240 up / 35 down; 2026-10-27 134 up / 136 down; 2026-10-26 98 up / 171 down.
Sector Leaders and Laggards
The strongest sub-indices were Others (+2.46%), Banking (+2.29%), Hotels and Tourism (+2.05%). No sub-index closed in the red. Taking the top-20 gainers list sector by sector, the first names were BENH in Hydro Power (+15.00%), SOPL in Manufacturing and Processing (+8.72%), NRIC in Others (+5.61%), NFS in Finance (+5.49%).
Technical Snapshot
From the daily closes, the close is above the 20-day SMA of 2,610.69 (+3.25%), above the 50-day SMA of 2,604.35 (+3.50%), above the 200-day SMA of 2,690.09. The 14-day RSI sits at 71.77, which is overbought territory. The MACD(12,26,9) line is at 15.12 with the signal at 5.12, leaving a positive histogram of +9.99, and the gap is widening.
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, the MACD histogram is positive and RSI is in the overbought zone. The reference levels are the nearest swing low at 2,629.22 (2026-08-12). Treat this as a summary of what the tape shows, not as advice.