weekly · 16 Oct 2026 · Finostat desk

Weekly wrap, 16 Oct 2026: NIFTY, BANKNIFTY, gold and flows

The week to 16 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	23,146.2	+2.78%	23,150–22,288
BANKNIFTY	55,844.0	+1.06%	56,066–54,709
SENSEX	74,729.3	+3.11%	74,779–71,676

NIFTY into the weekend: PCR 1.33, max pain 23,050, call wall 24,000, put wall 22,000.

BANKNIFTY into the weekend: PCR 1.06, max pain 55,800, call wall 56,000, put wall 55,000.

Gold

XAU/USD $4,172.90. XAU Sovereign reads 1D STRONG SELL · 4H SELL.

Flows

FIIs net ₹-13,725 crore and DIIs net ₹+16,217 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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