Stock Market Today, 2 November 2026: GIFT Nifty, Sensex and Nifty Pre-Market Cues, FII DII Data and Stocks to Watch

NSE pre-market report · Data as of 8:40 AM IST, 2 November 2026 · NSE and BSE open at 9:15 AM IST

Good morning, and welcome to a slightly confusing Monday. Here is the situation over a cup of chai: share market today has two stories pulling in opposite directions. GIFT Nifty today is trading comfortably higher, pointing to a gap-up start for Nifty 50 and Sensex. But Wall Street had an ugly Friday night, with the Nasdaq falling almost 3% as technology and AI-linked stocks were hammered.

So which one wins? We genuinely do not know, and we will not pretend to. If you came looking for a “Nifty prediction today”, you will not find one here — we don’t make predictions. What you will find is the actual data: Friday’s closing numbers, FII DII data, global cues, option-chain positioning, the F&O expiry calendar and the full list of companies whose results and corporate actions put them in the news this morning. You decide what to do with it.

One quick note before we start: today is a bank holiday in some states, but the stock market is open. NSE and BSE both have a normal trading session today. The next market holiday is Tuesday, 10 November 2026 (Diwali-Balipratipada).

1. Global Market Cues Today: US Markets, Asian Markets, Crude Oil and Rupee

Let’s start overseas, because that is where Friday’s drama happened. Global market cues today are mixed-to-weak — US markets fell sharply after Indian markets had already shut on Friday.

US Markets: Friday, 30 October 2026 Close

In points, the Dow shed roughly 572 points, the S&P 500 about 140 points and the Nasdaq about 748 points.

What caused it? A brutal round of technology earnings. Intel crashed around 29% — its worst single day since 1974 — after weak guidance for the December quarter, blamed on a slowdown in PCs and a factory accident in Israel. Reddit also fell about 29% after soft revenue guidance raised fears that AI chatbots are eating into website traffic. Alphabet (Google’s parent) dropped about 12.6% on weak free cash flow, and ServiceNow fell around 27%. The S&P 500’s technology sector fell nearly 5% as a group, and close to 70% of all US stocks ended lower.

The one comfort: US bond yields eased, with the 10-year Treasury yield slipping to about 4.917%.

Asian Markets

Asian markets are broadly lower this morning as they react to Friday’s US selloff. Friday’s own closing levels in Asia were:

Today’s live Asian levels were not available at the time of writing, so we are not going to make them up. Early reports describe broad declines across most Asian markets this morning.

Crude Oil and the Rupee

Crude is cooling off this morning, which is good news for India — we import most of our oil, so a softer Brent price helps our import bill, our inflation numbers and the rupee. But keep perspective: crude jumped roughly 14% during October to a six-month high on worries about Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. One day of cooling does not undo that.

The rupee is hovering around the ₹95 mark against the US dollar. A weaker rupee makes imports costlier and is usually a headache for foreign investors holding Indian assets.

2. GIFT Nifty Today (SGX Nifty): The First Pre-Market Indicator

Before NSE opens at 9:15 AM, traders look at GIFT Nifty — the Nifty futures contract that trades at GIFT City in Gujarat. It was earlier called SGX Nifty when it traded in Singapore, and plenty of people still use the old name. Because it trades for far longer hours, it gives the first rough hint of how Indian markets may open.

A word of caution, because this matters today. GIFT Nifty is pointing up, but US index futures were deep in the red over the weekend and Asian markets are falling. That is an unusual combination, and it means the gap-up signal is less reliable than normal. GIFT Nifty is an indicator, not a promise — it can and does reverse between 8 AM and 9:15 AM, and the opening tick is the only number that actually counts.

3. Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex Today: Previous Close

Friday was a good day on Dalal Street. BSE Sensex today starts from a higher base, and the Nifty managed to reclaim the psychologically important 23,000 mark. But look past the headline indices and the picture is less cheerful — midcaps and smallcaps both fell, which tells you the buying was narrow and concentrated in large-cap IT.

Closing levels for the Midcap 100, Smallcap 100 and Nifty Bank were not available from our sources this morning, so we have left those cells blank rather than guess.

Nifty Top Gainers and Losers (30 October 2026)

Nifty Support and Resistance Levels for Today

These are simply the levels showing up on traders’ screens and in option-chain data. They are for reference, not forecasts — nobody can tell you where the Nifty will close.

What is India VIX? Think of it as the market’s nervousness meter. It estimates how much the Nifty is expected to swing over the next 30 days. A reading of 15.30 is moderate — not panic, but not complacent either.

What is “max pain”? It is the strike price at which the largest number of option buyers would lose money if the index expired right there. Option writers (sellers) often have an interest in the index drifting toward that level. It is a positioning statistic, not a target.

4. FII DII Data Today: Friday, 30 October 2026 (₹ Crore)

FII DII data today is where you can see who is actually putting money in. FIIs are Foreign Institutional Investors — overseas funds. DIIs are Domestic Institutional Investors — our own mutual funds, insurance companies and pension funds, largely powered by your monthly SIP money.

Friday brought a rare switch: foreigners bought and domestic institutions sold.

Gross buy and gross sell break-ups were not published on our data sources this morning, so only net figures are shown above.

Zoom out and the longer trend is still the familiar one — foreigners selling, domestic money absorbing it:

A few extra data points worth knowing: Friday was only the first session of an FII buying streak, so one green day does not make a trend. In index futures, FIIs were carrying about 2,40,753 net short contracts — meaning their derivatives positioning was still defensive even while they bought in the cash market. And over the last 30 sessions, DIIs absorbed roughly 126% of what FIIs sold. That is your SIP money quietly doing the heavy lifting.

5. Stocks in News Today: Stocks to Watch on 2 November 2026

Q2 FY27 earnings season is in full swing, and the weekend brought a heavy batch of results. These are F&O stocks to watch and cash-market names that are in the news purely on facts — earnings, dividends, corporate actions and ban-list entries. Nothing here is a recommendation.

6. Key Events Today: Q2 Earnings Wave and a Busy Week Ahead

Results dates come from company board-meeting notifications and can change at short notice.

7. F&O Today: Nifty Expiry, Open Interest and F&O Ban List

If you are new to F&O (Futures and Options), here is the quick version. A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell something at a set price on a future date. An option gives you the right, but not the obligation, to do so. Both are traded in fixed lot sizes, both expire on set dates, and both can lose money much faster than delivery-based investing.

This Week’s Expiry Calendar

Note on the monthly expiry: it is normally the last Tuesday of the month, which would be 25 November. But 24 November is Guru Nanak Jayanti, a trading holiday, so the November series is set to expire on Monday 23 November. Always check the exchange circular before assuming an expiry date.

Open Interest and PCR: The Jargon, Explained

A PCR of 1.60 means significantly more Put open interest than Call open interest. Interpretations of this differ widely among analysts, so treat it as one input among many, not a signal.

F&O Ban List Today

When open positions in a stock cross 95% of its MWPL, the exchange puts that stock in the F&O ban list. You can still square off existing positions, but you cannot open fresh ones until the ban lifts. It is a risk-control measure, not a punishment, and it usually signals that speculative activity in that name has become crowded.

As per the latest published list (dated 1 November 2026, calculated on Friday’s positions):

Stocks sitting in the 60–85% MWPL band and flagged as possible entrants include Manappuram Finance, Bandhan Bank, LIC Housing Finance, Ambuja Cements, Inox Wind and Vodafone Idea. Please check the official NSE ban list for today before placing any F&O order — the final list for each session is published by the exchange.

FAQs: Share Market Today (2 November 2026)

What is GIFT Nifty today?

GIFT Nifty was trading around 23,291, up roughly 205 points or 0.89%, at about 7:55 AM IST. An earlier midnight snapshot showed 23,242.50, up 182 points. This indicates a gap-up open of roughly 180–215 points, though US futures and Asian markets were weak at the same time, so the signal is less clear than usual.

What were the Nifty 50 and Sensex closing levels on 30 October 2026?

The Nifty 50 closed at 23,053.10, up 116.35 points or 0.51%. The BSE Sensex closed at 74,459.53, up 308.49 points or 0.42%. For the week, the Sensex gained about 1.8%.

What are the Nifty support and resistance levels today?

Based on option-chain open interest at Friday’s close, the heaviest Call OI sits at 23,500 (watched as resistance) and the heaviest Put OI at 22,000 (watched as support), with max pain at 23,000. The option market priced in a range of roughly 22,868 to 23,238. These are reference levels from positioning data, not predictions.

What is the FII DII data for 30 October 2026?

FIIs were net buyers of ₹3,599 crore in the cash market, while DIIs were net sellers of ₹818 crore — a combined net inflow of ₹2,781 crore. For October as a whole, FIIs were net sellers of ₹45,162 crore and DIIs net buyers of ₹62,220 crore.

When is Nifty expiry this week?

Nifty weekly options expire tomorrow, Tuesday 3 November 2026. Sensex weekly options expire on Thursday 5 November. The November monthly F&O series expires on Monday 23 November 2026, moved earlier because 24 November is a trading holiday.

Which stocks are in the F&O ban list today?

As per the latest published list, Kaynes Technology India (99.68% MWPL) and Steel Authority of India or SAIL (85.35% MWPL) are in the ban period. No fresh F&O positions can be created in these stocks, though existing positions can be squared off. Do confirm against the official NSE list for today’s session.

Is the stock market open today, 2 November 2026?

Yes. NSE and BSE have a normal trading session today from 9:15 AM to 3:30 PM IST. Today is a bank holiday in some states, but that does not affect exchange trading. The next full market holiday is Tuesday, 10 November 2026 for Diwali-Balipratipada.

Data sources: NSE and BSE closing data via Kotak Neo and Trading Economics; GIFT Nifty, option chain, India VIX and FII/DII figures via NiftyTrader and market reports dated 2 November 2026; US market close via TheStreet and Yahoo Finance; crude oil and USD/INR via Trading Economics; Q2 results and corporate actions via company filings as reported in the financial press; F&O ban list via Kotak Neo (list dated 1 November 2026). Figures where live data was unavailable this morning have been left blank rather than estimated. All data is as of 8:40 AM IST, 2 November 2026 and may change through the session.

This report is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Please consult a SEBI-registered investment advisor before making any trading or investment decisions.