weekly · 02 Oct 2026 · Finostat desk

Weekly wrap, 02 Oct 2026: NIFTY, BANKNIFTY, gold and flows

The week to 02 Oct 2026 in numbers: how the indices moved, what open interest did, where premium ended, and what the engines are saying into the weekend.

The week

Index	Close	Week	Range
NIFTY 50	22,422.0	-2.78%	23,163–22,217
BANKNIFTY	54,450.8	-1.78%	55,763–53,786
SENSEX	71,909.7	-2.27%	73,968–71,293

NIFTY into the weekend: PCR 0.69, max pain 22,550, call wall 23,000, put wall 22,000.

BANKNIFTY into the weekend: PCR 0.86, max pain 56,000, call wall 58,000, put wall 52,000.

Gold

XAU/USD $4,182.70. XAU Sovereign reads 1D STRONG SELL · 4H SELL.

Flows

FIIs net ₹-38,660 crore and DIIs net ₹+36,293 crore for the week. Detail at /fii-dii.

Next week's events and expiries land in the Sunday week ahead post. Until then, the engines keep scoring every candle: the VIP Indicator on the indices and stocks, XAU Sovereign on gold.

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