India Markets Today: Nifty 50, Bank Nifty, Sectors, FII/DII Flows

The Nifty 50 rose 0.98% to close at 22,776.10 on October 6, 2026, a move of +220.35 points from 22,555.75. Bank Nifty rose 0.76% to 55,128.40. 32 of the 50 index stocks rose and 18 fell, while across the broader Nifty 500 advances outnumbered declines 359 to 138. India VIX, the market's fear gauge, fell 8.03% to 13.59.

Index scoreboard

7 of 10 sector indices closed higher. Nifty Pharma led (+1.66%) and Nifty IT lagged (-0.59%). Midcaps +1.08% and smallcaps +1.56% both outpaced the Nifty 50, a sign of broader risk appetite.

Nifty 50 top gainers and losers

Gainers

Losers

FII and DII flows

Foreign investors were net sellers and domestic institutions net buyers — the pattern in which domestic funds absorb foreign outflows. Data for 05-Oct-2026 in the cash market.

Valuation

The Nifty 50 trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.49, a price-to-book of 2.80 and a dividend yield of 1.21%. That is close to the index's long-run average P/E of roughly 20. The index is 13.6% below its 52-week high of 26,373.20 and 2.7% above its 52-week low of 22,182.55.

Global context

The rupee was at 96.42 per US dollar; Brent crude, India's biggest import, was at $97.35 a barrel.

What the numbers say

• Breadth. With 32 of 50 stocks higher, the rise was broad-based rather than driven by a few heavyweights.
• Volatility. India VIX at 13.59 is in its normal range.
• Versus Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.66% in its latest session, so Indian stocks moved in the same direction as US stocks.
• Trend. The Nifty 50 is -4.69% over one month and -9.18% over one year — a month-long pullback.

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India Markets Today is published every NSE trading day after the close. Live world indices are on our Markets page, and more from the Stocks desk.

How this brief is made

StockPil compiles every figure in this brief from NSE India's published index data (closing levels, advances and declines, valuation ratios, 52-week ranges, provisional FII/DII cash-market flows, and Nifty 50 gainers and losers as of 06-Oct-2026 15:30 IST) and CNBC quotes for global markets, recorded at 13:03 UTC on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. The brief reports what the market did and which measurable factors moved together; it does not predict prices and is not investment advice. The Sensex is not included because BSE does not publish it through an open data feed.