This Week’s Markets.
The handful of numbers that describe the Indian economy right now, and what each one is telling you. Market figures refresh through the day; official releases update as they are published.
As of 29 Oct 2026: the Nifty 50 is at 22,937 (+1.05% on the day), a dollar costs ₹95.27, gold trades at $4,021 an ounce. The RBI’s repo rate stands at 5.50% after October’s hike, with retail inflation at 5.54%. Market figures refresh automatically through the day; official releases update when the RBI and MoSPI publish.
The Indicator Board
RBI Repo Rate
Raised 25 bps on October 7, the first hike since February 2023. Stance moved to calibrated tightening.
More context▼The RBI is leaning against inflation above 5% and a rupee near 95 to the dollar. Governor Sanjay Malhotra said a cut is off the table in the near term, so floating-rate EMIs will tick up over the next few weeks.
What this term means →Nifty 50
Down 12.0% over the past year.
More context▼Foreign investors have been net sellers for most of 2026, pulling money out as the rupee weakened and US yields stayed high. Domestic SIP inflows have absorbed much of that selling.
What this term means →Sensex
Thirty large companies on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
More context▼Sensex and Nifty usually move within a fraction of a percent of each other, since most of their companies overlap.
What this term means →USD / INR
Rupees needed to buy one US dollar. Higher means a weaker rupee.
More context▼The rupee has slid from below ₹88 a year ago, pushed by oil above $100 during the Gulf war and foreign investors selling Indian assets. The RBI has spent tens of billions of dollars slowing the fall.
What this term means →India CPI
September inflation, up from 4.83% in August. The fourth straight month above target.
More context▼Food inflation hit 7.74%, with onions up more than 108% on a year earlier after a weak monsoon. Restaurant and hotel prices rose 9.36%. Rural inflation (6.08%) is running well above urban (4.88%).
What this term means →Gold (oz)
Global gold price per troy ounce. Indian prices add import duty, GST and the rupee.
More context▼Gold ran to records near $5,500 in January before a violent sell-off on January 30. Indian buyers pay more than the dollar price suggests, because a weaker rupee and import duty both sit on top of it.
What this term means →Nifty Bank
Twelve large banks. The most rate-sensitive corner of the market.
More context▼Bank stocks move with interest-rate expectations. A rate hike widens lending margins in the short run but slows loan growth, which is why the index often wobbles around RBI meetings.
What this term means →GDP Growth
April–June growth beat a 7.1% Reuters poll, led by services at 10%.
More context▼Real GDP grew 7.8% against 6.9% a year earlier, despite the Gulf war and oil above $100 for much of the spring. Farm output grew just 2.9%, and the weak monsoon will weigh on the next two quarters.
What this term means →India VIX
The market’s fear gauge: expected Nifty swings over the next 30 days.
More context▼VIX is built from options prices. When traders pay more to insure against big moves, the number rises. It does not say which direction the market will move, only how jumpy traders expect it to be.
What this term means →Bitcoin
The largest cryptocurrency, priced in dollars and trading around the clock.
More context▼India taxes crypto gains at a flat 30% with a 1% TDS on transfers, so most Indian trading happens on a thin slice of local exchanges. Bitcoin is far more volatile than any index on this board.
What this term means →Forex Reserves
Down for a fourth straight week as the RBI sells dollars to steady the rupee.
More context▼Reserves are the RBI’s ammunition for defending the currency. About $60 billion has been spent from the September peak, which is why the RBI added a rate hike to its toolkit in October.
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