Market recap, 2026-07-20

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 2,719.24, up 41.70 points or 1.56%.

Of 342 scrips that traded, 287 rose, 51 fell and 4 closed unchanged.

Turnover was about Rs 5.58 Arab.

Manufacturing And Processing Index led the sector indices at +3.23%; Mutual Fund Index was weakest at 0.00%.

39 scrips closed at the upper daily limit and 2 at the lower.

Most traded by value: AKJCL, RSML and RIDI.

The market regime reads range.

Sector indices

Manufacturing And Processing Index+3.23%
Others Index+2.82%
HydroPower Index+2.79%
Hotels And Tourism Index+1.98%
Investment Index+1.55%
Development Bank Index+1.49%
Trading Index+1.14%
Finance Index+0.94%
Life Insurance Index+0.84%
Banking SubIndex+0.55%
Non Life Insurance Index+0.44%
Microfinance Index+0.38%
Mutual Fund Index0.00%

Top gainers

RLEL916.00+28.47%
SAIL1,069.20+27.59%
SIPD675.00+20.77%
BJHL808.00+18.65%
SKHEL1,029.80+17.79%

Top losers

ANLB5,700.00−20.83%
HEIP340.00−10.05%
FMDBL790.00−8.14%
RBBF409.18−8.11%
CORBL1,498.00−6.17%

Most traded by value

AKJCL374.4029.4 Crore
RSML3,498.0025.6 Crore
RIDI359.7020.7 Crore
CORBL1,498.0019.4 Crore
NHPC280.0016.0 Crore

Limits and 52-week extremes

Closed at the upper limit (39)

AKJCL, BANDIPUR, BHCL, BJHL, BUNGAL, CITY, DHEL, DHPL, EHPL, HATHY, HFIN, HIMSTAR, HRL, ICFCD83, JHAPA, LEC, MABEL, MCHL, MSHL, NHPC, OMPL, PCIL, RAWA, RHGCL and 15 more

Closed at the lower limit (2)

ANLB, HEIP

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.