MARKET WRAP — SEPTEMBER 2, 2026
Sensex, Nifty crash for a third straight session on global bond and oil pressure
Wed, 2 Sep 2026
Live intraday levels
3-DAY WEALTH ERODED (31 AUG – 2 SEP)
₹6.55L Cr
BSE m-cap fell to ₹483.68L Cr from ₹490.23L Cr on Aug 31, despite India posting 7.8% Q1 GDP growth.
SENSEX
▼ 809 pts
Below 76,500 · now ~76,135–76,263
NIFTY 50
▼ 269 pts
Below 24,000 · now ~23,786–23,805
BANK NIFTY
▼ 421+ pts
private banks worst hit
INDIA VIX
▲ ~4%
volatility spikes on selloff
BSE BREADTH
2,616 down
vs 1,448 up, 228 flat of 4,292
3-DAY SENSEX
▼ 1,128.79 pts
Nifty: ▼ 388.85 pts over same span
Three-session decline
Sensex & Nifty 50 points lost, Aug 31 – Sep 2
Sensex pts lost
Nifty pts lost
230
80
Aug 31
89.8
39.5
Sep 1
809
269.4
Sep 2 (today)
Today's biggest laggards
Sortable · searchable · Sensex 30 names down 1–3%
Stock
Move
Range
Global cues driving the fall
CRUDE
Brent near
$96/bbl
, WTI near
$90–91
, up on US-Iran escalation, third straight session of gains.
US YIELDS
10-yr Treasury at
4.8%
, highest since Oct 2023; 30-yr at
5.29%
.
FED
Markets price in
~70%
odds of a rate hike this month as Chair Warsh talks tough on inflation.
WALL ST
S&P 500
-0.7%
, Dow
-0.8%
, Nasdaq
-1%
overnight.
ASIA
Nikkei down
~2.61%
, tracking Wall Street and the global bond selloff.
RUPEE
Holds near
₹94.9/$
, kept stable by RBI intervention; forex reserves at
$730bn
, CAD just
0.5%
.
GEOPOLITICS
US strikes Iranian infrastructure; Iran hits back at US assets in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan;
4 dead
in the latest strikes.
Nifty technical map
Per Choice Equity Broking — range-bound, negative bias near term
23,800
downside extension
23,950–24,000
key support zone
24,200
immediate resistance
24,400
upside on breakout