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NIFTY close, Fri 30 Oct 2026

Published 23:45 IST on 30 Oct 2026

Reading	Value	Note
NIFTY 50	23,053.10	+116.35 · +0.51%
INDIA VIX	15.30	+0.18 · +1.19% · NSE's daily index close file (NSE index closes)
Week band	5 of 5	inside 22,072–23,128
Max pain	23,000	3 Nov 2026 · PCR 1.62

Where the index and its vol closed

Series	Close	Change	%	High	Low	Previous
NIFTY 50	23,053.10	+116.35	+0.51%	23,118.10	22,905.10	22,936.75 on 29 Oct 2026
INDIA VIX	15.30	+0.18	+1.19%	15.70	14.47	15.12 on 29 Oct 2026

Observation date: 30 Oct 2026
Updated: 23:45 IST on 30 Oct 2026
Units: index points
Frequency: each NSE session
Source: NSE's daily index close file (NSE index closes)

The week against the band drawn before it

At the close of Fri 23 Oct 2026, NIFTY 22,600.00 and INDIA VIX 16.86 put one sigma over 7 days at ±528 points (2.33%): 22,072–23,128, and 21,545–23,655 at two. Every session of the week from 26 Oct 2026 is held against that band, not one redrawn each day.

Session	Close	Band
Mon 26 Oct 2026	22,753.20	inside
Tue 27 Oct 2026	22,749.75	inside
Wed 28 Oct 2026	22,698.85	inside
Thu 29 Oct 2026	22,936.75	inside
Fri 30 Oct 2026	23,053.10	inside

Observation date: 23 Oct 2026
Updated: 23:45 IST on 30 Oct 2026
Units: index points; one sigma from INDIA VIX over seven days
Frequency: weekly, drawn at the last close before the week
Source: NSE's daily index close file (NSE index closes)

The front expiry's book

Open interest on the 3 Nov 2026 contract, 4 days out, as the bhavcopy settled it. A wall is the heaviest strike on its side; resistance and support are the heaviest above and below the close.

Reading	Strike	Open interest
Call wall	23,500	128.1 L · 9.2% of calls
Put wall	22,000	136.6 L · 6.0% of puts
Resistance	23,500	128.1 L
Support	22,000	136.6 L
Max pain	23,000	—
Put/call ratio	1.62	—
Calls, all strikes	—	1397.2 L · +73,01,645 on the day
Puts, all strikes	—	2268.8 L · +3,60,48,935 on the day

Observation date: 30 Oct 2026
Updated: 19:25 IST on 30 Oct 2026
Units: contracts of open interest; strikes in index points
Frequency: each NSE session
Source: NSE F&O bhavcopy (option settles)

The dealer-gamma board

Computed on the desk from the 3 Nov 2026 chain's settles: where dealers' hedging damps the index (above the flip) or amplifies it (below), and the strikes it leans on.

Reading	Value	Note
Net gamma	₹0.0 cr	calls ₹0.0 cr · puts ₹0.0 cr
Flip	—	—
Pin	23,000	conviction 35.00
Floor · ceiling	23,000 · 23,000	max pain 23,000
ATM IV	12.0%	term slope 1.786 · skew 4.034
PCR	1.75	4 days to expiry

Observation date: 30 Oct 2026
Updated: 19:25 IST on 30 Oct 2026
Units: rupees of dealer gamma per index point; levels in index points
Frequency: each NSE session, computed on the desk
Source: computed on the desk from the bhavcopy (the stored gamma board)

Who holds the index futures

NSE's participant-wise report for 30 Oct 2026, against 29 Oct 2026. index futures, all underlyings, in contracts.

Client	Long	Short	Net	Change	Long %
FII	34,437	2,75,190	−2,40,753	−2,730	11.1
DII	46,993	6,470	+40,523	−138	87.9
Proprietary	32,979	19,737	+13,242	+8,772	62.6
Retail / other clients	2,46,926	59,938	+1,86,988	−5,904	80.5

Observation date: 30 Oct 2026
Updated: 19:25 IST on 30 Oct 2026
Units: contracts
Frequency: each report day; NSE publishes a session behind
Source: NSE participant-wise open interest (the participant report)

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