Stock market today India: Indian equities head into Tuesday, 13 October 2026, after a lower session on Monday, with GIFT Nifty pointing to a flat-to-positive start, Asian markets mixed to weak and Brent crude holding above 100 dollars a barrel.
Where the Sensex and Nifty stand before the open
The Sensex fell 547.65 points, or 0.76 percent, to 71,924.68 on Monday, while the Nifty 50 lost 157.10 points, or 0.70 percent, to 22,363.35. Breadth was balanced, with 2,187 stocks advancing and 2,066 declining. Our Sensex Nifty closing report has the full sector breakdown.
The October GIFT Nifty contract was at 22,383.50 in late-afternoon trade on Monday, up 0.06 percent and about 20 points above the Nifty close. That suggests a muted opening rather than a sharp move in either direction.
Asia and Wall Street: the global cues
Asian markets were mixed on Monday. South Korea’s Kospi fell 3.65 percent to 6,384.24 and the Shenzhen Component dropped 2.03 percent, while Australia’s ASX 200 gained 0.76 percent and the Hang Seng rose 0.25 percent.
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On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 0.4 percent, the S&P 500 ended about 0.1 percent lower and the Nasdaq Composite fell about 0.4 percent as memory and chip shares retreated. Micron dropped more than 3 percent. US bond markets were closed for the holiday, so the 10-year Treasury yield stayed at its last reference of 5.24 percent. Read more in our Wall Street close report.
Oil, rupee and bond sale in focus
Brent crude was near 105.80 dollars a barrel on Monday and WTI near 92.87 dollars, keeping India’s import bill, inflation and currency in focus. The rupee closed at 95.78 per dollar after the Reserve Bank of India announced steps to ease dollar demand from oil importers, but it is still down more than 7 percent this year.
The RBI’s 25,000-crore government bond sale is scheduled for 13 October.
Results and events to track today
HCL Technologies reported consolidated net profit of 5,132 crore rupees for the September quarter, up 21.2 percent from a year earlier, with revenue up 11.5 percent and an interim dividend of 12 rupees per share. The numbers came after market hours, so the share price reaction will be visible on Tuesday.
Tata Elxsi and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance are among companies due to report on 13 October. Our stocks to watch today list covers HCLTech, RBL Bank, IRCON and ICICI Pru AMC.
In the US, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Wells Fargo report on Tuesday. Wholesale price inflation data in India and US consumer price data are both due on 14 October, and the Federal Reserve meets on 28 October.
What readers are tracking
The opening hour will show how Indian markets respond to weak North Asian trade, firm oil and the HCLTech numbers. Foreign fund flows, the rupee and US bank results remain the main threads for the session.
This article is for education and information only and is not investment advice.
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