Market Pulse — 16 September 2026

Benchmarks

Closing levels, 16 Sep 2026 · Source: NSE / BSE

Sectoral scorecard

NSE sectoral indices for 16 Sep 2026, ranked best to worst — percentage moves only

NSE's allIndices feed was serving a live 17 September price against a 15 September previous close when this edition was built, so it could not supply 16 September closing levels for the sectoral indices. The percentages above are from Liquide's closing wrap. Nifty Next 50 and Nifty Microcap 250 are omitted from the benchmark cards entirely, and the midcap and smallcap cards carry a percentage without a level, rather than publishing estimated figures.

Movers

Nifty 50 constituents · closing prices from Liquide, corroborated by HDFC Sky

BSE market breadth for the session: 1,913 advances, 2,241 declines, 180 unchanged (HDFC Sky).

Institutional flows

FII/FPI and DII activity in the cash segment

Cash-market figures for 16 Sep 2026 — gross buy and sell as printed by the 5paisa NSE mirror; the nets shown are those gross figures subtracted. Cross-checked against Craytheon's unrounded nets (FII −₹2,032.61 cr, DII +₹3,908.23 cr) and the PTI wire's FII figure of ₹2,032.61 cr. Provisional exchange data.

Corporate & macro desk

What moved the tape and what the IR desks were announcing

• US Federal Reserve raises rates, first hike since 2023 — The FOMC lifted its policy rate a quarter point after the Indian close, and its projections point to one further increase in 2026. Wall Street fell on the decision and the chair's press conference: the Dow closed down 631.21 points at 51,461.90.
• Mazagon Dock signs Maharashtra shipbuilding MoU — The yard will participate as Anchor Shipyard in the proposed greenfield shipbuilding industrial cluster at Dighi, Maharashtra, with an annual capacity of at least 1.2 million gross tonnage.
• Highway Infrastructure wins ₹220.66 crore UPEIDA order — The order from the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority covers toll collection and operation on the Gorakhpur Link Expressway.
• Venus Pipes and Tubes raises ₹372 crore — The board approved allotment of 22.27 lakh equity shares to 18 investors at ₹1,670 per share through a preferential issue.
• Juniper Hotels to buy Novotel Imagicaa for ₹248 crore — The board approved acquisition of the operating hotel at Khopoli, Maharashtra from Imagicaaworld Entertainment.
• Alembic Pharmaceuticals closes USFDA inspection — The USFDA issued an Establishment Inspection Report closing its inspection of the company's bioequivalence facility at Vadodara, Gujarat.
• GR Infraprojects terminates NTPC battery storage package — The company issued a termination notice to NTPC for the EPC package covering a battery energy storage system at the Mouda Super Thermal Power Station.

Corporate actions ahead

Dividends, bonuses and splits going ex over the coming sessions · Source: NSE / BSE

Board meetings & results calendar

Scheduled board meetings — the IR calendar for the days ahead

IPOs open now

Issues that were accepting bids during the 16 September session. GMP and subscription as at 17 Sep 2026, 8:46 AM IST (gmptoday.in); issue terms from Business Today, IPO Watch and the sponsors' own schedules.

Grey market premium (GMP) is an unofficial, unregulated indicator quoted by private dealers. It is not exchange data, carries no guarantee of a listing gain, and can move sharply within a single session — it is shown for context only. The whole GMP column is taken from a single time-stamped source rather than blended across trackers. A blank cell means the figure was not sourced for this edition, not that it is zero. NSE's own offer for sale (₹1,700–1,785, ₹22,569 crore) and Sonaselection (₹94–99) opened on 17 September and so are not shown here.

Economic calendar

Data releases and policy events in the days ahead

Commodities, currency & global

Bullion figures are Delhi retail reference rates for 16 September and vary materially by city. The US index cards show the Wall Street close of the same calendar day — the session that followed the Indian close, and in which the Federal Reserve announced its rate increase.