The NSE and BSE are closed on Friday, 2 October 2026, for Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, so the stock market holiday today means no trading in equities or equity derivatives. NSE’s trading holiday circular for 2026 (Circular 172/2025, dated 12 December 2025) lists 2 October as holiday number 11 of 15 for the year. The commodity…
A bank or card company must close your credit card within seven working days of your request once all dues are paid, and pay you ₹500 for every calendar day of delay after that. It cannot make you send the request by post, and it must tell you by email or SMS once the card…
Rahul is 32, earns ₹12 lakh a year and has a wife, a two-year-old daughter and a ₹40 lakh home loan. His employer gives him group life cover of ₹36 lakh, and he assumes that is enough. It isn’t. If he died tomorrow, the loan alone would take more than the entire payout, and his…
From 1 October 2026, State Bank of India salary package account holders get only 5 free transactions a month at other banks’ ATMs, down from 10. The cap applies at all centres and counts cash withdrawals and non-financial transactions such as balance enquiries together, according to an SBI public notice listed on the bank’s service…
The Nityas Gems IPO was subscribed 0.20 times on its first day, 30 September 2026, with retail investors bidding for 0.52 times the shares reserved for them, according to HDFC Sky’s end-of-day data. The Vishal Nirmiti IPO, which opened the same day, was subscribed 0.05 times by 5 PM, Capital Market reported. Both issues close…
Air-conditioners get costlier from Thursday, 1 October 2026. Haier, LG, Voltas and Blue Star are raising AC prices by 5–8%, BusinessLine reported on 26 September, and several makers are also raising prices of LED TVs, washing machines and refrigerators. The AC price hike October 2026 comes just before Dhanteras on 6 November and Diwali on…
From 1 October 2026, a resident individual or Hindu undivided family (HUF) buying property from a non-resident no longer needs a Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number (TAN) to handle the TDS. The buyer can now deduct, deposit and report TDS on property purchase from NRI sellers using their own PAN, through an amended Form…
IBJA’s benchmark 999 gold closed at ₹1,47,888 per 10 grams on Wednesday evening, 30 September 2026, up ₹221 from ₹1,47,667 on Tuesday evening, while silver 999 fell ₹1,165 to ₹2,20,435 per kg. The gold price today had opened higher, with the India Bullion and Jewellers Association’s morning rate at ₹1,48,379, before easing by the evening…
A ₹50 lakh home loan at 7.5% for 20 years costs ₹40,280 a month. If the Reserve Bank of India raises the repo rate by 25 basis points on 7 October and the bank passes it on in full, the same EMI becomes ₹41,047. That ₹767 difference is the smallest version of the home loan…
The Sensex today fell 48.78 points, or 0.07%, to close at 72,480.29 on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, and the Nifty 50 lost 95.75 points, or 0.42%, to end at 22,620.45. It was the third straight losing session for both indices. The Sensex had been up as much as 533.16 points at a high of 73,062.23…