Market recap, 2026-08-20
The session in plain words, from the day's closing prices. Prices adjusted for bonus and rights.
The session
NEPSE closed at 2,629.40, up 7.18 points or 0.27%.
Of 345 scrips that traded, 163 rose, 161 fell and 21 closed unchanged.
Turnover was about Rs 4.44 Arab.
HydroPower Index led the sector indices at +1.00%; Mutual Fund Index was weakest at −0.67%.
2 scrips closed at the upper daily limit and 1 at the lower.
Most traded by value: ADBLB87, RSML and SOHL.
The market regime reads range.
Sector indices
- HydroPower Index+1.00%
- Manufacturing And Processing Index+0.74%
- Banking SubIndex+0.29%
- Others Index+0.10%
- Investment Index+0.06%
- Life Insurance Index+0.03%
- Hotels And Tourism Index−0.05%
- Microfinance Index−0.06%
- Finance Index−0.20%
- Trading Index−0.22%
- Development Bank Index−0.37%
- Non Life Insurance Index−0.48%
- Mutual Fund Index−0.67%
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.