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Indian closes for Friday 23 October 2026, with world markets as fetched at 2:15 pm IST. Every price on the board links to its own section: a chart, what the market is, and when it trades against India's day.

The board

Around the market

Market by market

What each one is, and when it reaches India

Breadth

Large, mid and small caps

Nifty 50, 200 and 500 above their 50- and 200-day averages

Two lines per index: the share above the 50-day and the share above the 200-day. When the 50-day line sits under the 200-day line, the selling is recent.

Today's counts

Stocks above each average on Friday 23 October 2026. Click a row to go to its chart.

Group50-day200-day

Seasonality

This year against the four before

The Nifty 50 through each calendar year, rebased to 100 at the previous year's last close.

YearTo dateFull year

The dated column stops each year on the same day of the year as the latest close.

Flows

Who is buying

Daily net cash-market buying by foreign and domestic institutions, and net index-futures positions by participant. From our daily indicator files.

Cash market, net

Index futures, net contracts