NEPSE sectors · 13
Every NEPSE sector, side by side.
280 listed companies divide into 13 sectors, and they divide unevenly: hydropower and microfinance hold well over half the companies, while commercial banks hold the most money. Each sector’s page lists every symbol in it and what actually moves it.
Close · 24 September 2026NEPSE published data · registry as of 26 September 2026
Where the market’s value sits
- Sectors
- 13
- 409 listed securities in all
- Listed companies
- 280
- Most: Hydropower, 111
- Market value
- Rs 4.50 lakh cr
- At the 24 September 2026 close
- Largest by value
- 26%
- Commercial banks
How big each sector is
Market value at the 24 September 2026 close, and its share of the whole exchange.
A year, sector by sector
One-year price return, weighted by market value and adjusted for bonus shares. Dividends not included.
The 13 sectors
Largest by market value first. Each opens the sector: every company in it, what moves it, and its year.
- Commercial banksAt the close +0.47%The largest institutions on the exchange, and the largest share of its turnover.Open commercial banks
- HydropowerAt the close +0.15%Nepal builds electricity, and most of the companies doing it are listed.Open hydropower
- Manufacturing and processingAt the close +2.30%The companies that actually make things: cement, sugar, textiles, brick.Open manufacturing and processing
- Life insuranceAt the close +0.71%Insurers selling long-term policies, regulated by the Nepal Insurance Board.Open life insurance
- OthersAt the close +0.05%Everything NEPSE does not file elsewhere: telecom, aviation, exchanges.Open others
- MicrofinanceAt the close +0.64%Small lenders working where the commercial banks do not.Open microfinance
- InvestmentAt the close +0.11%Holding companies whose business is owning other listed companies.Open investment
- Development banksAt the close +0.02%Class B banks: regional lenders, smaller than the commercial banks.Open development banks
- Non-life insuranceAt the close −0.32%General insurers: motor, property, marine, health.Open non-life insurance
- Trading housesAt the close +0.97%Trading houses: the shortest list on the exchange.Open trading houses
- Hotels and tourismAt the close +0.14%Hotels and travel businesses, priced on arrivals.Open hotels and tourism
- FinanceAt the close +0.26%Class C finance companies: the smallest tier of licensed lender.Open finance
- Mutual fundsClosed-end funds listed and traded like shares.Open mutual funds
Market value, the day’s move and the one-year return are weighted by market value, at the 24 September 2026 close. Median yield is the middle cash dividend yield among companies that paid one in the last 12 months.
About NEPSE sectors
- How many sectors does NEPSE have?
- The Nepal Stock Exchange groups its 280 listed companies into 13 sectors: Hydropower, Microfinance, Commercial banks, Manufacturing and processing, Development banks, Finance, Life insurance, Non-life insurance, Mutual funds, Others, Hotels and tourism, Investment, Trading houses.
- Which NEPSE sector is the biggest?
- By market value, Commercial banks: Rs 1,16,490 cr, 25.9% of the exchange at the 24 September 2026 close. By number of companies, Hydropower, with 111.
- Which sector has done best over the last year?
- Weighted by market value and adjusted for bonus shares, Commercial banks returned +10.3% over the year to 24 September 2026. That is price only; dividends are not included, and a past year says nothing certain about the next.
- Why does a sector hold more listings than companies?
- Because the registry counts every listed security, not just shares. Commercial banks, for example, list many debentures alongside their shares. The count on each card is the shares you can buy; the other listings are named on the sector’s page.
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