Market recap, 2026-08-19
The session in plain words, from the day's closing prices. Prices adjusted for bonus and rights.
The session
NEPSE closed at 2,622.22, down 0.26 points or 0.01%.
Of 346 scrips that traded, 140 rose, 178 fell and 28 closed unchanged.
Turnover was about Rs 3.32 Arab.
Trading Index led the sector indices at +0.76%; Hotels And Tourism Index was weakest at −0.39%.
2 scrips closed at the upper daily limit and 0 at the lower.
Most traded by value: SAHAS, SOHL and RSML.
The market regime reads range.
Sector indices
- Trading Index+0.76%
- Non Life Insurance Index+0.15%
- Others Index+0.12%
- HydroPower Index+0.09%
- Banking SubIndex+0.06%
- Development Bank Index−0.03%
- Manufacturing And Processing Index−0.05%
- Mutual Fund Index−0.14%
- Finance Index−0.22%
- Investment Index−0.29%
- Life Insurance Index−0.32%
- Microfinance Index−0.33%
- Hotels And Tourism Index−0.39%
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.