Market recap, 2026-08-17
The session in plain words, from the day's closing prices. Prices adjusted for bonus and rights.
The session
NEPSE closed at 2,641.82, down 2.01 points or 0.08%.
Of 349 scrips that traded, 99 rose, 235 fell and 15 closed unchanged.
Turnover was about Rs 5.63 Arab.
Manufacturing And Processing Index led the sector indices at +1.30%; Finance Index was weakest at −1.15%.
6 scrips closed at the upper daily limit and 1 at the lower.
Most traded by value: RSML, SOHL and RIDI.
The market regime reads range.
Sector indices
- Manufacturing And Processing Index+1.30%
- Others Index+0.47%
- HydroPower Index+0.46%
- Mutual Fund Index+0.33%
- Trading Index+0.14%
- Development Bank Index−0.30%
- Hotels And Tourism Index−0.31%
- Life Insurance Index−0.36%
- Banking SubIndex−0.50%
- Investment Index−0.60%
- Non Life Insurance Index−0.61%
- Microfinance Index−0.67%
- Finance Index−1.15%
Top gainers
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.