Figures in this report are as of 7.34 am IST on Thursday 12 November 2026. The Indian market is closed at this hour. Pre-open trading starts at 9.00 am and normal trading at 9.15 am, so the levels below are Wednesday's close and early indications, not live prices.
Wednesday's close
The 30-share Sensex rose 772.75 points, or 0.95 per cent, to settle at 81,879.40, its highest close since 26 February. It touched an intraday high of 82,520.40, up 1,413.75 points. The 50-share Nifty gained 210.40 points, or 0.84 per cent, to close at 25,255.05, its highest in nearly nine months. It was the ninth straight regular session of gains, leaving out the Muhurat session. Markets were shut on Tuesday for Diwali Balipratipada. On Monday the Sensex had closed at 81,106.65 and the Nifty at 25,044.65.
In November so far the Sensex is up 7,419.87 points, or 9.96 per cent, and the Nifty is up 2,201.95 points, or 9.55 per cent. Investor wealth has risen by about Rs 4.30 lakh crore over the last two sessions, to roughly Rs 510.7 lakh crore.
Movers and flows
Among Sensex stocks, Mahindra and Mahindra rose 5.25 per cent, InterGlobe Aviation 4.37 per cent, Trent 3.02 per cent, Tata Steel 2.22 per cent, ITC 2.15 per cent and Axis Bank 2.14 per cent. Adani Ports, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies and ICICI Bank were the laggards. The BSE midcap select index rose 1.02 per cent and the smallcap select index 1.29 per cent. PSU banks gained 3.03 per cent, telecom 2.41 per cent and autos 2.05 per cent, while IT, healthcare and realty ended lower.
Foreign portfolio investors bought shares worth Rs 7,212.22 crore on Monday and are net buyers of Rs 53,739 crore this month, after two months of selling. Flows for Wednesday had not been confirmed from a reliable source at the time of writing. Brent crude rose 1.58 per cent to 92.94 dollars a barrel on Wednesday, and the rupee was described as firm, supported by softer crude; no exact level was available.
What the early signals say
GIFT Nifty was quoted at 25,238.50 at 7.34 am, down 21 points, or 0.08 per cent, from its previous close of 25,259.50. That is about 17 points below Wednesday's Nifty close, pointing to a flat start. The indication can change with news before the open.
Asian markets were mixed at the start of trade: South Korea's Kospi rose 0.2 per cent, Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.5 per cent and Taiwan's market gained 0.5 per cent, while MSCI's Asia-Pacific index excluding Japan slipped 0.1 per cent. Nvidia shares fell more than 8 per cent in after-hours trading in the United States on reports that its board may remove its chief executive. S&P 500 futures were down 0.4 per cent after the index rose 1.3 per cent on Wednesday. The dollar index stood at 102.87, its highest since April 2025, and futures priced about an 87 per cent chance of a quarter-point US rate rise on 9 December.
Analyst views and what to watch
Ponmudi R, chief executive of Enrich Money, said the benchmarks extended their winning run and that the uptrend is backed by foreign inflows, lower crude, a resilient rupee and solid earnings. Ajit Mishra, senior vice president for research at Religare Broking, expects foreign buying to continue and said cooling global enthusiasm for AI-linked investments has made Indian equities relatively more attractive.
Retail inflation data for October is due around Thursday under the statistics ministry's schedule; the September reading was 5.54 per cent. These are market reports and not investment advice.
