Market recap, 2026-03-17
The session in plain words, from the day's closing prices. Prices adjusted for bonus and rights.
The session
NEPSE closed at 2,812.34, up 13.51 points or 0.48%.
Of 338 scrips that traded, 181 rose, 134 fell and 23 closed unchanged.
Turnover was about Rs 12.1 Arab.
HydroPower Index led the sector indices at +1.60%; Life Insurance Index was weakest at −0.32%.
4 scrips closed at the upper daily limit and 0 at the lower.
Most traded by value: RIDI, AKJCL and NHPC.
Sector indices
- HydroPower Index+1.60%
- Banking SubIndex+0.85%
- Development Bank Index+0.64%
- Investment Index+0.62%
- Mutual Fund Index+0.37%
- Manufacturing And Processing Index+0.30%
- Non Life Insurance Index−0.03%
- Others Index−0.10%
- Hotels And Tourism Index−0.18%
- Finance Index−0.19%
- Trading Index−0.22%
- Microfinance Index−0.27%
- Life Insurance Index−0.32%
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.