Market recap, 2026-01-18

The session in plain words, from the day's closing prices. Prices adjusted for bonus and rights.

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The session

NEPSE closed at 2,672.55, up 31.12 points or 1.18%.

Of 336 scrips that traded, 250 rose, 79 fell and 7 closed unchanged.

Turnover was about Rs 8.47 Arab.

Finance Index led the sector indices at +5.73%; Others Index was weakest at +0.45%.

4 scrips closed at the upper daily limit and 0 at the lower.

Most traded by value: MFIL, SYPNL and SAIL.

Sector indices

Finance Index+5.73%
Development Bank Index+3.04%
Manufacturing And Processing Index+2.42%
Hotels And Tourism Index+2.03%
Microfinance Index+1.31%
Life Insurance Index+1.26%
Investment Index+0.94%
Banking SubIndex+0.85%
HydroPower Index+0.70%
Non Life Insurance Index+0.69%
Trading Index+0.54%
Mutual Fund Index+0.48%
Others Index+0.45%

Top gainers

GUFL562.10+10.00%
USLB1,555.40+10.00%
SAGAR2,205.50+10.00%
SAIL1,210.00+10.00%
CFCL555.30+8.88%

Top losers

TSHL821.00−8.78%
ADBLD831,048.70−5.86%
EBLD911,066.00−3.96%
PBD881,200.50−3.96%
SBIBD861,167.00−3.95%

Most traded by value

MFIL849.9055.2 Crore
SYPNL1,480.0038.2 Crore
SAIL1,210.0029.3 Crore
BANDIPUR892.0026.3 Crore
SAGAR2,205.5025.4 Crore

Limits and 52-week extremes

Closed at the upper limit (4)

GUFL, SAGAR, SAIL, USLB

Closed at the lower limit (0)

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New 52-week highs (0)

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New 52-week lows (0)

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Turnover is close times volume per scrip, so it sits near the exchange’s own figure rather than on it. A 52-week reading needs a year of listing. The regime is the one on the breadth page.