Market recap, 2026-02-17
The session in plain words, from the day's closing prices. Prices adjusted for bonus and rights.
The session
NEPSE closed at 2,642.15, down 20.76 points or 0.78%.
Of 353 scrips that traded, 83 rose, 256 fell and 14 closed unchanged.
Turnover was about Rs 8.28 Arab.
Mutual Fund Index led the sector indices at +0.52%; Finance Index was weakest at −2.12%.
2 scrips closed at the upper daily limit and 1 at the lower.
Most traded by value: RIDI, AKJCL and CHDC.
Sector indices
- Mutual Fund Index+0.52%
- Trading Index+0.22%
- Banking SubIndex−0.45%
- Investment Index−0.49%
- Microfinance Index−0.50%
- Others Index−0.58%
- Manufacturing And Processing Index−0.73%
- Non Life Insurance Index−0.75%
- Life Insurance Index−0.78%
- Development Bank Index−1.19%
- Hotels And Tourism Index−1.20%
- HydroPower Index−1.64%
- Finance Index−2.12%
Limits and 52-week extremes
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.