Market report · 26 Oct 2026
Stock market today, 26 Oct 2026. What moved, who bought, what’s next.
On Monday 26 October 2026, 828 stocks rose and 596 fell; FIIs were net sellers of ₹1,462 Cr in cash and DIIs net buyers of ₹2,610 Cr; Oil & gas was the best sector (+2.1%).
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Session recap: options
How each index’s options traded from the open to the close today, for its nearest expiry. Spot every 15 minutes; PCR is the dashed line below.
NIFTY 50 27 Oct expiry
22,753last+1.11%1.09PCR0.74 at open19.8%ATM IV19.4–26.1% today22,700max painunchanged
- Opened 22,504, high 22,753 at 15:29, low 22,389 at 09:26, last 22,753 (+1.11% from the open, a 1.62% range). It finished near the high of the day.
- PCR 0.74 → 1.09: put writing outpaced call writing through the day.
- Gamma walls, the strikes with the most option gamma above and below the price: call side 22,700 → 23,000, put side 22,500 → 22,700. The zone option sellers are defending moved higher during the day.
- At-the-money IV 23.7% → 19.8%, straddle 252 → 190 (-25%): option premiums cheapened as volatility eased.
- It closed above the gamma flip at 22,740. Above it, option dealers’ hedging tends to dampen moves; a break below it tends to make moves larger.
BANK NIFTY 27 Oct expiry
54,367last+0.28%0.80PCR0.90 at open20.5%ATM IV20.5–28.4% today54,800max painwas 55,000
- Opened 54,217, high 54,373 at 10:08, low 53,785 at 09:26, last 54,367 (+0.28% from the open, a 1.08% range). It finished near the high of the day.
- PCR 0.90 → 0.80: call writing outpaced put writing through the day.
- Gamma walls, the strikes with the most option gamma above and below the price: call side 55,000 (unchanged), put side 54,000 (unchanged).
- At-the-money IV 26.4% → 20.5%, straddle 676 → 467 (-31%): option premiums cheapened as volatility eased.
- It closed above the gamma flip at 54,221. Above it, option dealers’ hedging tends to dampen moves; a break below it tends to make moves larger.
FINNIFTY 27 Oct expiry
24,454last+0.47%0.81PCR0.78 at open21.8%ATM IV21.4–30.2% today24,500max painwas 24,700
- Opened 24,339, high 24,488 at 10:08, low 24,173 at 09:26, last 24,454 (+0.47% from the open, a 1.29% range). It finished near the high of the day.
- PCR 0.78 → 0.81: puts and calls were added at a similar pace.
- Gamma walls, the strikes with the most option gamma above and below the price: call side 24,500 (unchanged), put side 24,300 → 24,400. The zone option sellers are defending moved higher during the day.
- At-the-money IV 25.7% → 21.8%, straddle 298 → 223 (-25%): option premiums cheapened as volatility eased.
- It closed above the gamma flip at 24,382. Above it, option dealers’ hedging tends to dampen moves; a break below it tends to make moves larger.
SENSEX 29 Oct expiry
73,607last+1.05%1.15PCR0.91 at open20.0%ATM IV19.8–23.5% today73,500max painwas 73,200
- Opened 72,842, high 73,607 at 15:29, low 72,530 at 09:26, last 73,607 (+1.05% from the open, a 1.48% range). It finished near the high of the day.
- PCR 0.91 → 1.15: put writing outpaced call writing through the day.
- Gamma walls, the strikes with the most option gamma above and below the price: call side 73,500 → 74,000, put side 72,000 → 73,000. The zone option sellers are defending moved higher during the day.
- At-the-money IV 23.5% → 20.0%, straddle 1,271 → 1,066 (-16%): option premiums cheapened as volatility eased.
- It closed below the gamma flip at 73,698. Below it, option dealers’ hedging tends to make moves larger rather than dampen them.
Market
Breadth, sectors and strength.
NIFTY 50––
Advances / declines828 / 596of 1,425 stocks
Above 200-day average36%above 50-day: 12%
New highs / lows5 / 15652-week, closing basis
- Best sectors today: Oil & gas +2.1%, Telecom +2.0%, Pharma & healthcare +1.9%
- Weakest: Textiles -1.2%, FMCG -0.5%, Media -0.4%
- Rotation, leading: Pharma & healthcare, Consumer Services, Cement & building materials, Services, Oil & gas, IT, Consumer durables, Auto, Telecom, Media
- Rotation, improving: Financial services, Realty, Power, Metal, Construction
- Rotation, weakening: FMCG
- Rotation, lagging: Chemicals, Capital goods, Textiles, Utilities
- 138 stocks have an RS rating of 90+; 11 have their RS line at a new high: Steel Strips Wheels, Sky Gold And Diamonds, SG Mart, Kross, Manomay Tex India.
Smart money
Who bought, who sold, and how much was delivered.
FII net (cash)₹1,462 Crsold
DII net (cash)₹2,610 Crbought
FII index futures long10%-0 pts in a week
Big-buyer days4639 stocks on a 3-in-10 streak
- 46 big-buyer days (delivery 3× normal or more): Westlife Foodworld 21.6× (+3.5%), Indo Tech Transformers 16.2× (-2.8%), Keystone Realtors 11.9× (-1.5%), Teamlease Services 9.6× (-0.1%), HDB Financial Services 9.5× (-0.9%).
- 7 stocks showed institutional-buying signs together: Westlife Foodworld +3.5%, Steel Strips Wheels +13.6%, SG Mart +0.4%, Jindal Steel +2.4%, Acutaas Chemicals +6.7%.
- 89 bulk and block deals; largest outside HFT firms: SG Mart: Riambel Capital Pcc - Rcc1 buy ₹63 Cr; STL Networks: Uno Metals Ltd sell ₹9 Cr; GKSL: Nexus Global Opportunities Fund sell ₹8 Cr; Shankesh Jewellers Ltd: Tiger Strategies Fund -I sell ₹8 Cr.
- Short selling disclosed for 23 Oct: 86 stocks; most shorted Steel Strips Wheels, TTML, NHPC, Gmr Airports.
FII/DII data →Institutional buying →Bulk & block deals →High delivery →
F&O
Futures build-up, options positioning and the ban list.
Long build-up1stocks
Short build-up78stocks
NIFTY PCR0.81higher than 23% of days
NIFTY max pain22,700spot 22,600
- Biggest long build-up: Apollo Hospitals OI +0.8%.
- Biggest short build-up: Godfrey Phillips India OI +10.9%, Nykaa OI +10.9%, CG Power OI +10.1%, Ujjivan SFB OI +8.6%, Siemens Energy India OI +8.0%.
- Longest streaks: Yes Bank 6 days of short build-up, AU Bank 5 days of short build-up, ITC 5 days of short build-up, NTPC 5 days of short build-up.
- In the F&O ban for the next session: AMBUJACEM, KAYNES, SAIL.
Corporate actions, IPOs & surveillance
- Coming ex-dates: L&T Technology Services 27 Oct dividend (0.5% yield); Nippon Life India AMC 28 Oct dividend (1.0% yield); CHENNPETRO 30 Oct dividend (1.6% yield).
- IPOs open or upcoming: EAAA India Alternatives Limited (26 Oct–28 Oct, ₹1585 to ₹1665); Bombay Coated and Special Steels Limited (29 Oct–2 Nov, ₹78 to ₹82); M. K. Sons Fine Jewels Limited (28 Oct–30 Oct, ₹153 to ₹162); SFC Environmental Technologies Limited (27 Oct–29 Oct, ₹313 to ₹330); BLS Polymers Limited (27 Oct–29 Oct, ₹142 to ₹150).
- Under NSE surveillance: 136 long-term ASM, 52 short-term ASM, 77 GSM. New today: MOXSH, NINtec Systems, Rudrabhishek Enterprises, eMudhra, Kanani Industries. Out: ABANSENT, GANGABATH, GNA Axles, IOLCP, KRIDHANINF, SETL.
Tomorrow, 27 Oct
What is on the calendar for the next session.
- 84 board meetings on Tuesday 27 Oct: ABDL (results), ACC (results), Acutaas Chemicals (results), Akshar Spintex Limited (results), Avalon Technologies (fund raising), AWL Agri Business (results), Bajaj Auto (results), Bharat Bijlee (results), Bharat Seats (results), Century Enka (results), Capri Global Capital (results), Cinevista Limited (results), Cipla (results), Concord Biotech (results), Dynamic Cables (results), FDC (buyback), FDC (results), GANDHAR (results), Gravita India (results), GP Petroleums Limited (results)….
- Going ex-date: L&T Technology Services (dividend).
- F&O ban: AMBUJACEM, KAYNES, SAIL.
Compiled automatically from NSE’s daily files and company filings. Information and education only, not investment advice; ChartMine is not a SEBI-registered adviser.