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Nepal Stock Exchange has postponed Monday’s regular trading session after a technical problem was detected at the data center hosting servers used by 72 NEPSE trading member companies.
Nepal’s stock market ended the trading week under pressure, with the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index falling 25.11 points, or 0.95%, between August 17 and August 21, 2026. The benchmark index closed at 2,618.72 points on Friday, down from 2,643.83 points a week earlier. The decline reduced the total market capitalization of companies listed on NEPSE from around Rs 4.547 trillion to Rs 4.504 trillion, meaning approximately Rs 43 billion in market value was erased during the week.
Nepal is preparing to introduce intraday trading and short selling, which could make NEPSE faster and more flexible. The reforms may create new opportunities, but also bring higher risks and bigger potential losses. For now, the systems are planned, not fully operational, and current NEPSE rules still apply.
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) lawmaker Gyanendra Shahi has accused Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle of adopting economic policies that have contributed to Nepal's prolonged stock market decline. Shahi claimed that investors have collectively lost around Rs 2.15 kharba since Falgun and urged the government to take immediate action.
Nepal Stock Exchange’s official website displayed an extraordinary 1,008.93-point decline before entering maintenance mode. The figure is suspected to be a technical error because NEPSE’s circuit-breaker mechanism would normally stop trading after a 6 percent fall.
