Stock Watch — October 1, 2026 Market Day Summary | Not investment advice
Summary as of 8:50 AM IST, Thursday, October 1, 2026
📊 INDICES Wednesday (Sep 30) close data; % change = Wednesday’s session move. Next session opens today, Oct 1 — the last trading day of the week (Oct 2 is a Gandhi Jayanti market holiday).
Index Close (Sep 30) Change % Change Nifty 50 22,620.45 -95.75 ↘️ -0.42% Sensex 72,480.29 -48.78 ↘️ -0.07% Nifty Bank 54,633.05 +373.10 ↗️ +0.69% Nifty FinServ (FinNifty) 24,649.50 +1.00 ➡️ +0.00% Nifty IT 27,704.80 +34.80 ➡️ +0.13% India VIX 13.49 +0.08 ↗️ +0.60% GIFT Nifty (Thu a.m.) ~22,631.50 vs 22,620 cash close ➡️ flat signal, gap-down vs Wed Pre-market signal (for Thursday’s open): The divergence was the story on Wednesday — Nifty fell a third straight day while Bank Nifty rallied +0.69% on Macquarie’s sector mega-note (9 upgrades). GIFT Nifty sits ~22,631 this morning — a flat open vs Wednesday’s 22,620 close, but the contract itself gapped down ~200 pts from Wednesday’s 22,834 pre-open, so momentum is down into the open. The flow picture worsened: FIIs sold ₹10,148 cr on Sep 30 — their biggest single-day outflow in ~6 months and a fifth straight session — while DIIs bought ₹11,272 cr (they’ve now bought in all 21 September sessions, ₹76,030 cr cumulative; the month’s combined flow still nets +₹32,017 cr). September closed ~-5.8% for Nifty — worst month since March — with a Fed-in-a-hiking-cycle macro: softer US August inflation trimmed October hike odds, but elevated yields and ~$103.7 Brent keep the pressure on. Technical map: support 22,500 (well-tested), then 22,400; resistance 22,800, then 23,000. Bank Nifty reclaimed Monday’s 54,437 base — 55,000 is the breakout gate, 54,400/54,000 the must-hold. Today is also the first session of H2 FY27, and quarter-opening F&O positioning adds the usual first-week noise.
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