Small-cap investors had their worst week in 20 months. In the four sessions from 19 to 23 October 2026, the Nifty Smallcap 100 fell 7.27% and the Nifty Midcap 100 lost 5.63%, while the large-cap benchmarks fell far less. This Sensex weekly wrap covers what happened, why, and what is on the calendar when markets…
Kotak Mahindra Bank raised ₹55,344 crore in foreign-currency deposits from NRIs in three months, and that one number explains most of its September-quarter story. The bank’s Kotak Mahindra Bank Q2 results, approved by its board on Saturday, 24 October 2026, show standalone profit up 29% to ₹4,212 crore, cleaner loan books, and a lower interest…
When RBI cut the repo rate by 1.25 percentage points between February 2025 and March 2026, banks passed on only about three-quarters of it to new loans. That is one finding in the RBI Bulletin October 2026, released on Friday, 23 October. The same issue warns that a renewed West Asia conflict has amplified inflation…
Three lenders, three very different stories. IDFC First Bank nearly tripled its profit, Bank of India grew 25% while setting aside twice as much for bad loans, and AU Small Finance Bank posted a 53% jump. This roundup of bank Q2 results covers the numbers from Thursday, 23 October, and Saturday, 24 October 2026, for…
Three sessions, three losses. The Sensex today fell 460.30 points (0.62%) to 73,249.39 on Thursday, 22 October 2026, as Brent crude climbed above $110 a barrel after fresh attacks in Saudi Arabia, according to news reports. The Nifty 50 lost 123.70 points (0.54%) to 22,687.65. Unlike Wednesday, there was no IT rally to soften the…
Sell shares in the morning, buy others with the money the same afternoon, and your broker no longer has to put up fresh margin for the purchase. That is the effect of a circular SEBI issued on Thursday, 22 October 2026, on trades backed by early pay-in of securities. It takes effect four months from…
Banks asked RBI for more than three times the cash on offer on Thursday morning. RBI’s overnight variable rate repo (VRR auction) of ₹50,000 crore on 22 October 2026 drew bids of ₹1,62,354 crore, up from ₹93,241 crore a day earlier. RBI has now announced a three-day VRR auction of ₹50,000 crore for Friday, 23…
The headline numbers looked calm. Underneath, it was a rough day. On Wednesday, 21 October 2026, the first session after the Dussehra holiday, the Sensex today slipped just 143.21 points (0.19%) to 73,709.69, and the Nifty 50 lost 77.60 points (0.34%) to 22,811.35. But the Nifty Smallcap 100 fell 2.37%, with 91 of its 100…
“Rate cuts are off the table in the near term.” That line, from the resolution of RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee, is the clearest message in the MPC minutes released on Wednesday, 21 October 2026. The minutes of the 5–7 October meeting confirm that all six members voted to raise the repo rate by 25 basis…
Banks parked ₹1.47 lakh crore with RBI overnight on 20 October, yet RBI is still lending them money through repo auctions. That apparent contradiction sits at the centre of RBI liquidity operations this week. Between 19 and 22 October, RBI has run or announced three repo auctions worth ₹2 lakh crore, and on 21 October…