The Sensex Nifty close on October 5, 2026 showed a positive finish for both Indian benchmarks. BSE displayed the Sensex at 72,382.47 points, up 472.77 points or 0.66%. NSE’s 15:30 record put the Nifty 50 at 22,555.75 points, up 133.80 points or 0.60%.

Sensex Nifty close: the session was not a straight rise

Nifty opened at 22,532.40, reached 22,621.80 and touched 22,397.10. Its previous close was 22,421.95. That sequence matters: the index finished higher even though its intraday low was below the previous closing level.

CapKet arithmetic: The opening gap was 110.45 points, or approximately 0.49%. The high-to-low range was 224.70 points. The finish was 66.05 points below the day’s high. These are calculations from NSE’s recorded levels, not additional quotations or a prediction of the next session.

Positive breadth, different sector outcomes

NSE reported 31 advancing Nifty constituents, 18 declining and one unchanged. This is breadth inside the 50-stock benchmark, not a count of every stock traded on the exchange.

Nifty Bank ended at 54,714.10, up 0.48%, while Nifty IT was nearly flat at 28,301.65, down 0.01%. The sector gauges therefore did not move in lockstep. Those observations do not establish which news caused the market move or quantify each sector’s contribution to the benchmark.

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CapKet explanation: An index level is measured in points, not rupees. A cash-market close also should not be substituted for a futures settlement. The date, exchange and instrument must match when comparing successive observations.

The scheduled RBI policy meeting explainer sets out a separate event to follow. This closing report does not attribute the rally to that meeting or claim a policy decision has been made.

Primary evidence: NSE’s October 5, 15:30 index record and BSE’s October 5, 16:00 close dashboard, reviewed October 5 at 17:28 IST. No institutional-flow data, cause of the move or next-session forecast was verified.

Correction, October 5, 2026: The source-review time has been corrected. The financial figures, reporting periods and original publication date are unchanged.