Nifty 50: Nifty opened with a gap up at 23,576 but faced selling pressure near the 23,600 mark and closed at 23,118, down by -280 points from the previous day close.
Nifty continued to face downward/selling pressure due to combination of reasons such as the geopolitical tensions, high crude oil prices and US bond yields.
Nifty has fallen nearly 4% in September, marking its seventh consecutive week of decline, a sustained stretch of weakness that highlights the increasing pressure on Indian equities.
Sensex: Sensex closed at 74,000, down by -778 points (-1.04%) amid uncertain market conditions.
India VIX: India VIX rose by 9.34% to 13.43
Sectoral Snapshot
Top Gainers: Only Nifty IT closed in positive by +2.19%, due to IT sector being in focus.
Top Losers:Nifty Realty and Nifty Chemicals were the top losers falling -4.04% and -3.42% respectively.
Trending Stocks
Top Gainers:
- Tata Chemicals: +20.0%
- Firstsource Solutions Ltd: +10.4%
- Sonata Software Ltd: +5.8%
- Acme Solar Holdings Ltd: +4.5%
Top Losers:
- Solar Industries India Ltd: -13.6%
- Welspun Corp Ltd: -9.8%
- Data Patterns (India) Ltd: -9.7%
- Netweb Technologies India Ltd: -8.2%
News and Updates
- Titagarh Rail signed 50:50 JV with BHEL for 35-year maintenance of 80 Vande Bharat trainsets.
- Received domestic gold jewellery orders worth ₹35.5 crore, executable within 45 days; order book at ₹170 crore.
- Embassy launches 85-acre North Bengaluru project; first phase RERA-approved, combined GDV around ₹4,500 crore.
- Manappuram Finance reports resignations of two business heads, effective September 15 and 16, 2026.
- Uno Minda announces four expansions with ~₹1,415 crore investment; Hosur, Kharkhoda projects start by FY28.