NIFTY 50
sidewaysclose of Fri 4 Sep 202623,898+0.10%
open 23,911 · high 24,006 · low 23,896 · last 30 sessions; the full history is on the paid desk
Overnight
- GIFT Nifty
- 23,955 · −0.23%
- as of
- Mon 7 Sep
- India VIX
- 10.68
calmer than 83 of the past 252 sessions
Today
no scheduled event today
next: NIFTY weekly expiry · Tue 8 Sep
For NIFTY:closed +0.10% at 23,898; GIFT Nifty −0.23% overnight; VIX calmer than 83 of the past 252 sessions
Where NIFTY stands previous session · free
as of Thu 3 Sep 2026trendsidewaysinside a range, neither side takenregimetrending downsessionordinaryrange23,873 – 24,379wider than 94 of every 100 comparable periodsmomentummixed6 in 10 · 1,516 cases
the last swing was up; a pullback is in progress · the compression rule reads: a move up out of the range
Typical reach over the next five sessions, the typical move has been about 1.0× a normal day's range; one in ten went beyond 2.8×.
The full picture — reference levels, option walls, ratio levels, breaks and formations →
Tested against chance: past reference zones and range breaks have not predicted what came next. Shown as reference, with the record.
For NIFTY:inside a range, neither side taken; compression rule: a move up out of the range; that rule has been right about 2 times in 10, over 4,644 past casessideways
How the desk has done
- range rule — right about 2 times in 10, over 4,644 past cases
- momentum read — right about 6 times in 10, over 1,516 past cases
- call wall held — right about 7 times in 10, over 4,657 past cases
- morning read — no settled cases yet
What is coming
as of Mon 7 Sep 2026| when | event | on such days NIFTY has… |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 8 Sep | NIFTY weekly expiry Expiry · IN | on such days (306 past cases), NIFTY has moved about 0.51% either way; a move over 1% happened 0 times in 100; no lean either way |
| Thu 10 Sep | SENSEX weekly expiry Expiry · IN | on such days (109 past cases), NIFTY has moved about 0.44% either way; a move over 1% happened 0 times in 100; no lean either way |
| Tue 15 Sep | NIFTY weekly expiry Expiry · IN | on such days (306 past cases), NIFTY has moved about 0.51% either way; a move over 1% happened 0 times in 100; no lean either way |
| Wed 16 Sep PT23H IST | FOMC decision (Wed 16 Sep 2026, 14:00 ET) Policy · US | on such days (49 past cases), NIFTY has moved about 0.48% either way; a move over 1% happened 0 times in 100; no lean either way |
| Thu 17 Sep | SENSEX weekly expiry Expiry · IN | on such days (109 past cases), NIFTY has moved about 0.44% either way; a move over 1% happened 0 times in 100; no lean either way |
what the last ones did
Quarter end (Q3 2026) (Fri 4 Sep): NIFTY closed +0.10% · opened +0.16% · range 0.1× normal
For NIFTY:next: NIFTY weekly expiry on Tue 8 Sep — on such days (306 past cases), NIFTY has moved about 0.51% either way; a move over 1% happened 0 times in 100; no lean either waysideways
Sectors against NIFTY
as of Fri 4 Sep 2026leadingahead of NIFTY and still gaining on it
Smallcap 250, Metal, Midcap 150, Pharma, IT, Media, Realty, Private Bank, Bank, Healthcare, Consumer Durables, PSU Bank, Auto
improvingbehind NIFTY but catching up
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weakeningahead of NIFTY but losing ground
Oil & Gas, Commodities
laggingbehind NIFTY and still slipping
Consumption, PSE, Energy, Financial Services, Infrastructure, FMCG
Tested against chance: where a sector sits has not predicted where it goes next. A map, not a forecast.
For NIFTY:leading: Smallcap 250, Metal, Midcap 150, Pharma; lagging: Consumption, PSE, Energy, Financial Services; where a sector sits has not predicted its next movesideways
The big players
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