Market recap, 2026-05-18
The session in plain words, from the day's closing prices. Prices adjusted for bonus and rights.
The session
NEPSE closed at 2,730.91, down 1.03 points or 0.04%.
Of 338 scrips that traded, 160 rose, 161 fell and 17 closed unchanged.
Turnover was about Rs 2.45 Arab.
Others Index led the sector indices at +0.32%; Non Life Insurance Index was weakest at −0.69%.
1 scrip closed at the upper daily limit and 1 at the lower.
Most traded by value: SAHAS, RSML and SYPNL.
Sector indices
- Others Index+0.32%
- HydroPower Index+0.17%
- Banking SubIndex+0.15%
- Investment Index+0.10%
- Development Bank Index+0.03%
- Finance Index−0.02%
- Life Insurance Index−0.08%
- Mutual Fund Index−0.14%
- Hotels And Tourism Index−0.24%
- Microfinance Index−0.24%
- Trading Index−0.48%
- Manufacturing And Processing Index−0.58%
- Non Life Insurance Index−0.69%
Top gainers
- IHL438.00+10.61%
- BUNGAL627.10+7.42%
- NABILD20891,125.00+5.83%
- SMJC473.00+4.88%
- BPCL709.00+4.65%
Top losers
- UNHPL444.00−16.85%
- NIFRAUR85/861,042.10−7.62%
- CREST1,129.90−6.47%
- NRM351.00−6.42%
- SYPNL1,474.90−5.58%
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.