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September 28, 2026

Morning Brief — 28 Sep 2026

Indian shares rose 0.34% even as foreign investors sold ₹3,694 crore. · Top story: Oil Price Today (September 28): Crude oil gains to $106 as Trump rejects Iran deal. Where are prices headed?

Indian shares rose 0.34% even as foreign investors sold ₹3,694 crore. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
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Monday, 28 September 2026
Markets · Logistics · Technology · Startups · One line worth keeping
Indian shares rose 0.34% even as foreign investors sold ₹3,694 crore. US stocks rose overnight. Top story: Oil Price Today (September 28): Crude oil gains to $106 as Trump rejects Iran deal. Where are prices headed?
Before the open
 
01 India's NIFTY 50 rose 0.34%, closing at 23,140.50.
02 Foreign investors (FIIs) sold ₹3,694 crore of Indian shares; domestic institutions (DIIs) bought ₹2,838 crore.
03 In the US overnight, the S&P 500 rose 0.54% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.46%.
04 In Asia so far this morning, the Nikkei is up 3.47%.
05 Elsewhere, crude oil fell 3.11% and Ether fell 1.75%.
Where things stand
 
India
NIFTY 50 23,140.50 +0.34%
BankNIFTY 55,580.40 +0.26%
India VIX (fear gauge) 12.18 -4.02%
Overnight
S&P 500 (SPY) — +0.54%
Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) — +0.46%
Asia now
Nikkei 225 66,363.31 +3.47%
CRUDE (USO)
-3.11%
GOLD
4,215.81
-1.64%
USD/INR
95.88
+0.07%
BTC
$83,618
-1.04%
ETH
$2,656
-1.75%
 
Hang Seng was unavailable at press time. The S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100 and crude oil are measured through funds that track them, so only their daily moves are shown.
Worth reading
 
Markets · 3 min
Oil Price Today (September 28): Crude oil gains to $106 as Trump rejects Iran deal. Where are prices headed?
Brent crude rose 1.50% to $106/barrel after Trump rejected Iran's peace proposal, with Houthi attacks keeping Middle East supply risks elevated.
Technology
China’s Industrial Profits Grow at Weakest Since November Slump
China’s industrial enterprises saw their earnings grow at the weakest since they fell last November, highlighting the limits of a recovery disproportionately driven by elevated oil costs…
Startups
Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump
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Markets
Positive Breakout: These 6 stocks cross above their 200 DMAs
As long as a stock's price remains above its 200-day moving average on the daily timeframe, it is generally interpreted as being in an overall uptrend.
Technology
China Tech Needs AI Catalyst to Close Valuation Gap, BI Says
China’s technology stocks will need a domestic artificial intelligence catalyst to close their valuation gap with US technology peers, Bloomberg Intelligence said.
 
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