Market Pulse — 05 October 2026

Benchmarks

Closing levels, 05 Oct 2026 · Source: NSE / BSE

Sectoral scorecard

NSE sectoral indices, ranked best to worst

Movers

Nifty 50 constituents · NSE snapshot stamped 05-Oct-2026 16:00:00

Breadth inside the Nifty 50 was 31 advances, 18 declines and one unchanged. Midcap and smallcap mover tables are omitted: NSE's constituent endpoint (api/equity-stockIndices) returned 404 for a sixth consecutive session and no closing wrap carried a dated broader-market mover list.

Institutional flows

FII/FPI and DII activity in the cash segment

Cash-market figures for 05 Oct 2026, from NSE. Provisional exchange data.

Corporate & macro desk

What moved the tape and what the IR desks were announcing

• ITC led the Nifty with a 5.08% gain — The stock closed at ₹268.90 and was the index's best performer, a move reported as following a change in Citi's rating on the company. Nifty FMCG rose 1.80%, the strongest sectoral index of the session.
• Bajaj Finance published a Q2 business update — The lender reported an 11% year-on-year increase in new loans booked; the stock closed 2.29% higher at ₹970. Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services reported a 22% rise in quarterly disbursements.
• Public-sector banks advanced on business updates — Punjab National Bank and Bank of Baroda both rose on growth in advances, and Nifty PSU Bank closed 0.97% higher. FSN E-Commerce Ventures, Nykaa's parent, also moved up on its quarterly update.
• The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee began its October meeting — The three-day meeting runs 5 to 7 October, with the resolution due on 7 October. It follows four consecutive meetings at which the policy rate was left unchanged.
• Crude eased and global cues turned supportive — Brent was quoted near $102.5 a barrel during the Indian session, and softer US employment data supported risk appetite. The Nasdaq Composite closed at a record 27,477.31 overnight, up 1.05%.
• Healthcare and IT were the session's two soft spots — Nifty Healthcare fell 1.00% and Nifty Pharma 0.74%, with Max Healthcare down 2.55% and Apollo Hospitals 1.83%. Nifty IT was effectively flat at −0.01% as HCL Technologies dropped 3.31%.
• Two mainboard IPOs closed for bidding on the session date — Nityas Gems and Jewellery and Vishal Nirmiti both shut their books on 5 October, with allotment due 6 October and listing on 8 October.

Corporate actions ahead

Dividends, bonuses, splits and buybacks going ex over the coming sessions · Source: NSE corporate actions feed, 06 Oct to 05 Nov window (the feed carried nothing beyond 09 October)

Board meetings & results calendar

Scheduled board meetings — the IR calendar for the days ahead

IPOs open now

Issues that were taking bids during the 5 October session. GMP column taken from ipoji.com alone; its live table is stamped 5 Oct 2026, 9:15 PM IST.

Final day to bid on 06 Oct: Acme India Industries, Paramount Syntex and TNA Solutions.

Grey market premium (GMP) is an unofficial, unregulated indication from the grey market. It is not an exchange price, it is not a forecast of the listing price, and it should not be read as one. A blank cell means the figure could not be sourced, not that it is zero. Subscription figures carry their own as-at date: the three BSE SME issues were last stamped 1 October, two sessions before this one, because 2 October was a holiday. Vishal Nirmiti's final subscription is left blank — the trackers disagreed and no closing-day figure could be confirmed. Its share count is NSE's filed 84,71,153; chittorgarh carried 80,90,909. Anchor book status was not disclosed for any issue in these sources.

Economic calendar

Data releases and policy events in the days ahead

Commodities, currency & global

US index cards show the Monday 5 October Wall Street close, the same calendar session as the Indian close. Brent is the December contract as quoted during the Indian session. Bullion is a retail reference rate from Business Today, stamped 5 Oct 2026, 10:16 AM IST — a morning quote, not a closing one — and these rates vary by city and exclude GST and making charges; the 22K figure is Delhi. On the rupee, PTI reported a 5-paise fall to 96.30 from a stated 96.25, while Reuters reported 96.2925 against a prior close of 96.3150 — the level agrees at about 96.30, the direction does not, so it is shown as little changed.