Pre-market

06 NOV 2026 · 08:04 IST

Nifty 50 opens from 24,536.60 after a 2.4% gain

Where the benchmarks left off before today's session. Levels and sector moves from the last close are shown below.

Sector performance, latest session

Hotels & Restaurants+4.06%

Financial Services+3.56%

Real Estate+3.35%

Capital Markets+3.2%

Cement & Construction+3.08%

Banks+2.96%

Chemicals+0.23%

Oil & Energy-0.3%

Textiles-0.88%

Telecom & Media-1.02%

Capital Goods & Engineering-1.36%

Defence & Aerospace-1.59%

Source: NSE and BSE closing prices

Nifty 50

24,536.6

+2.4%

Close, 06 NOV 2026

Bank Nifty

57,773.65

+3.33%

Close, 06 NOV 2026

Sensex

79,310.01

+2.6%

Close, 06 NOV 2026

Index trend, rebased to 100

Over the windowNifty 50+7.7%Bank Nifty+4.8%Sensex+8.5%

Source: NSE and BSE closing prices

The session

Where the market stands

The Nifty 50 goes into the session after a 2.40% gain in the previous one. The Nifty 50 is 6.8% below its 52-week high.

Foreign institutions were net buyers of ₹14,975 crore in the cash market on 5 November, and domestic institutions net sellers of ₹10,445 crore. Foreign buying met domestic selling, a turn worth watching after the long run of the opposite pattern. Over the last 5 sessions foreign institutions were net buyers of ₹35,809 crore.

Key drivers

Market breadth

20 of 25 sectors advanced. The move was broad, with gains spread across most of the market rather than concentrated in a few sectors. Hotels & Restaurants led and Defence & Aerospace lagged, a spread of 5.6 points between the two ends of the market.

Currency, commodities & rates

Currency, commodities and rates

USD/INR: 94.47, rupee firmer by 0.29% on the session
India VIX: 15.58 (+2.6%)
Gold (rupee terms): +1.48% on the session, +1.5% over five sessions

Key drivers

Markets

Sensex stocks Adani Ports, TechM at new highs; Eternal, ICICI Bk near peaks. In the past two weeks, the market price of Eternal, the parent firm of food-delivery marketplace Zomato and quick commerce platform Blinkit surged 18% on the BSE. (Business Standard Mkts)
Why Sammaan Capital shares jumped 6% amid Sensex, Nifty Thursday rally after US midterm elections results; stock returns. Sammaan Capital stock opened at ₹129 per share on NSE today, as compared to previous close of ₹125.98 on Wednesday and touched an intraday high of ₹136.50 on 5 November. (LiveMint Markets)
Stock Market Live: Sensex Zooms 1,600 Points, Nifty Atop 24,400; Ashok Leyland Gains 9%, PI Industries Slides 14%. Stock Market Live Updates, Nov 5: Among indovidual stocks on BSE, IndiGo topped with 6% gains, followed by Asian Paints (5%). On the flipside, Bharti Airtel was the sole loser. (NDTV Profit)
Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles shares vroom 8% amid mega Sensex, Nifty rally | Time to book profits or hold? Details. Tata Motors shares opened at ₹421 per share on NSE today, as compared to previous close of ₹402 on Wednesday and touched an intraday high of ₹436.90 on 5 November. (LiveMint Markets)

Economy & policy

Economy and policy

Sebi allows mutual fund schemes to net cash market fund settlements. Sebi’s move changes the treatment of fund obligations for eligible mutual fund transactions, without altering the requirement for securities to be settled on a gross basis. (LiveMint Markets)
RBI pumps ₹2.5 lakh crore into banks despite rate hike: Why loans may get costlier but not scarcer. RBI's decision to raise the repo rate while injecting liquidity into banks may appear contradictory. However, lending expert Joydip Gupta explains why higher borrowing costs do not necessarily mean reduced credit availability. (Business Today Mkts)
'No reason to go elsewhere': Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath welcomes SEBI's NRI KYC changes. Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath welcomed SEBI’s eased digital KYC rules for overseas investors, saying eligible NRIs and OCIs can now complete account opening from abroad in days instead of weeks. (LiveMint Markets)
Nithin Kamath Says No Reason For NRIs To Invest Elsewhere, As SEBI Simplifies Account Opening. From December 3, NRIs and OCIs living in FATF-compliant countries will be able to complete digital KYC entirely from abroad. Something that took weeks can now be done in 2-3 days. (NDTV Profit)

Companies

TaMo CV, Ashok Leyland, Maruti rally up to 8% as crude oil price tumbles. At 09:23 AM on Thursday, the Nifty Auto index was up 2.5 per cent, as compared to a 1.62 per cent rise in the Nifty 50. (Business Standard Mkts)
City Union Bank among 5 F&O stocks with a sharp rise in futures open interest. Five NSE F&O stocks, including City Union Bank, Syrma SGS Technology and Karur Vysya Bank, recorded over 12% growth in futures open interest, indicating increased market positioning on November 4. (ET Stocks)
Berger Paints misses Q2 profit estimates as raw material inflation squeezes margins. Berger Paints’ September-quarter profit rose 5% to ₹216.88 crore, missing analyst estimates as raw-material costs surged faster than prices. Revenue grew 13.2%, while gross margins narrowed. (LiveMint Companies)
Glenmark Pharma Q2 revenue falls 30% to ₹4,247 crore, profit down 57%. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals' Q2FY27 net profit fell 56.8% to ₹263.83 crore, while revenue declined 29.8% to ₹4,247.32 crore, with earnings dragged by exceptional items. (BS Companies)

Companies

New issues

Coal India's IPO-bound arms see sharp decline in coal e-auction premiums. E-auction premiums at Coal India's MCL and SECL declined sharply between FY24 and FY26 despite higher coal volumes being offered, as booking rates weakened at both subsidiaries (BS Companies)
Lenskart shares gain 11% post Q2, up 90% from IPO price; more gains ahead?. Lenskart stock, which was listed on the bourse on November 10 last year, has nearly doubled investors' money as it trades 90 per cent above its issue price of ₹402. (Business Standard Mkts)
Bombay Coated & Special Steels shares list at 12% premium over IPO price. On BSE, the shares listed at a 12.2 per cent premium at ₹92.02. On NSE, the shares listed at a premium of 10.98 per cent to ₹91 (Business Standard Mkts)
Samvat 2082: IPO fundraise crosses ₹2-trillion mark for the first time ever. During Samvat 2082 (October 21, 2025, to November 4, 2026), the mainboard IPO market saw 129 issues, which together raised ₹2.12 trillion. (Business Standard Mkts)

Currency, commodities & rates

World

Unilever looks to India to deliver what China did for rivals: CEO. Unilever plans to apply its India strategy across emerging markets, where it sees an advantage in distribution, product range and market share. (LiveMint Companies)
India-US trade deal: Democrats may challenge Trump's tariff policies, but will exporters get relief?. The Democratic takeover of the US Congress could intensify scrutiny of Trump's trade and tariff policies, but immediate relief for Indian exporters remains uncertain. (Business Today Mkts)
'Democrats sceptical of Trump's Pakistan tilt': US expert sees stronger India ties after midterms. There's been a bipartisan interest in continuing the India-US relationship, and you're going to continue to see the Democrats lean in in terms of the Quad relationships, says Vinay Singh, Managing Director of Primus Partners USA (Business Today Mkts)

What matters next

Today's Indian trading session is the one this report looks ahead to.

On the calendar: Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles shares vroom 8% amid mega Sensex, Nifty rally | Time to book profits or hold? Details; US Midterm Election results lift banking, financial stocks - SBI Cards, Bajaj Finance, Axis, ICICI Bank surge up to 6%; Sebi allows mutual fund schemes to net cash market fund settlements.

Market internals

Advances and declines

Advancing20

Declining5

of 25 sectors

Broad: most sectors rose.

52-week position

Nifty 50-6.8% off high

22,231.826,328.55

Bank Nifty-6.1% off high

50,275.3561,550.8

Sensex-7.5% off high

71,593.2485,762.01

Where each close sits between its own year’s low and high.