weekly · 23 Oct 2026 · Finostat desk

Weekly wrap, 23 Oct 2026: NIFTY, BANKNIFTY, gold and flows

The week to 23 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	22,600.0	-1.73%	23,175–22,372
BANKNIFTY	54,287.3	-2.73%	55,990–53,942
SENSEX	73,123.8	-1.60%	74,850–72,452

NIFTY into the weekend: PCR 0.74, max pain 22,700, call wall 24,000, put wall 21,500.

BANKNIFTY into the weekend: PCR 0.87, max pain 55,000, call wall 56,000, put wall 52,000.

Gold

XAU/USD $4,025.60. XAU Sovereign reads 1D STRONG SELL · 4H SELL.

Flows

FIIs net ₹-7,704 crore and DIIs net ₹+7,365 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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