NEPSE 2026-11-02: index 2,657.50 (-32.65 pts, -1.21%). Breadth 21 up, 252 down; turnover Rs 7.18 billion; top gainer BENH +13.58%. Read: neutral.
NEPSE Today News — 2026-11-02
NEPSE closed at 2,657.50, down 32.65 points (-1.21%) from the previous close of 2,690.15. It opened at 2,690.10 and traded between 2,651.15 (low) and 2,691.10 (high).
Investor Sentiment
Sentiment, measured by breadth rather than opinion, was firmly negative: 7.53% of traded equities advanced (21 up, 252 down, 6 flat). Within the top-20 lists, 1 gainers rose 10% or more and 0 losers fell 10% or more. Turnover of Rs 7.18 billion on 70,228 transactions is the participation number to hold that against (the index chart's traded-value series ran +46.12% versus its 20-session average).
Week in Context
Five sessions ago NEPSE closed at 2,629.82, so the week-on-week change is +1.05%; over 21 sessions it is +1.05%. Measured from the 52-week extremes it is -10.51% from the high of 2,969.50 (2026-03-25) and +6.24% above the low of 2,501.49 (2026-09-01). Recent session breadth: 2026-10-30 101 up / 169 down; 2026-10-29 180 up / 91 down; 2026-10-28 240 up / 35 down; 2026-10-27 134 up / 136 down.
Sector Leaders and Laggards
Under pressure were Development Bank (-1.88%), Non-Life Insurance (-1.72%), Others (-1.61%). Taking the top-20 gainers list sector by sector, the first names were BENH in Hydro Power (+13.58%), NICA in Commercial Banks (+3.02%), UNL in Manufacturing and Processing (+2.39%), SINDU in Development Banks (+0.97%).
Technical Snapshot
On the daily chart, the close is above the 20-day SMA of 2,615.91 (+1.59%), above the 50-day SMA of 2,605.48 (+2.00%), below the 200-day SMA of 2,690.63. RSI(14) is 58.61, in the neutral zone. The MACD(12,26,9) line is at 18.53 with the signal at 9.96, leaving a positive histogram of +8.57, and the gap is narrowing.
Next Session Outlook
Scoring the close by fixed rules gives NEUTRAL: the index closed lower, decliners outnumbered advancers, the close is above the 20-day average and the MACD histogram is positive. Levels to watch: overhead, the swing high at 2,671.04 (2026-09-23) and the nearest swing low at 2,629.22 (2026-08-12). Treat this as a summary of what the tape shows, not as advice.