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Sensex and Nifty rise as RBI holds repo rate steady

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0.19
152.05 points
0.19
78,581.00
0.04
9.75 points
0.04
24,624.65
for the year
5%

Indian stocks closed modestly higher as the RBI kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25%. The Sensex gained 152.05 points (0.19%) to 78,581.00, while the Nifty rose 9.75 points (0.04%) to 24,624.65. Gains in metal, real estate, and automobile stocks offset banking sector weakness. The RBI also lowered its inflation forecast to 5% for the year.

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Sourcesnews.google.com

The market after the news

SHRIRAMFIN closed 0.0% on the day of the news, from ₹1,122.00 to ₹1,122.00; Nifty −0.3% over the same session; futures OI +0.3%.

Bulletin at 07:05 IST on 16 Aug 2026. Every change is measured from ₹1,122.00, the last close before it, on 14 Aug. Nifty 50 is measured over the same sessions.

  • SHRIRAMFIN close ₹
  • Nifty 50, rebased to the close before the news
  • close before the news
  • above it
  • below it
  • futures OI, lots
SHRIRAMFIN closes around the bulletin against the close before the news, with Nifty 50 rebased to it999.9311221244axis spans 24%before the news · 14 Aug1122Nifty 50SHRIRAMFINbulletinD0+1+3+510 Aug20 Aug31 AugFutures open interest, lotspeak 38,000Reference close ₹1,122.00. 16 sessions from 10 Aug to 31 Aug; the price axis spans 24 percent.
price axis fixed at 4 × the 14-session true range around the close before the news · values printed at each marked session
Closes after the news against the close before it, with Nifty 50 over the same span
SessionClose ₹Change %Nifty %
Before14 Aug₹1,122.00basebase
On the day17 Aug₹1,122.000.0%▼ −0.3%+0.3 pp difference
+1 session18 Aug₹1,108.40▼ −1.2%▼ −0.9%−0.3 pp difference
+3 sessions20 Aug₹1,128.20▲ +0.6%▼ −0.6%+1.1 pp difference
+5 sessions24 Aug₹1,119.00▼ −0.3%▼ −0.6%+0.3 pp difference
Gap at the open, % · ₹
▼ −0.5%−5.95 on 17 Aug
Day's range, % · ₹
1.6%≈ 18 high to low
Volume on the day
0.37×the 20-session average
Futures OI on the day
▲ +0.3%+98 lots · flat · price 0.0%
Futures OI open, lots
37,00017 Aug · 25 Aug expiry
Futures premium, ₹
+6.50+0.6% to spot
Puts per call, by OI
0.57from 0.57 the session before
Max pain
1,060from 1,060 the session before

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