30 October 2026. The Nifty 50 — measured here through the NAVs of 22 Nifty 50 index funds — rose 0.51%, mid caps (Nifty Midcap 150 funds) moved −0.90% and small caps (Nifty Smallcap 250 funds) −1.96%. Across the 552 equity schemes we track, 95 closed higher (17%). Over the past week the Nifty 50 measure is +2.01%, over one month +1.94% and since the start of the year −11.05%.
How big was that? Over the past year the Nifty 50 measure’s daily move was smaller than today’s on 52% of trading days — an ordinary-sized day. Keeping that in proportion matters: most single-day moves, however loud the headlines, are well inside the normal range.
The day in numbers
| Measure (via fund NAVs) | 1 day | 1 week | 1 month | Year to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nifty 50 | +0.51% | +2.01% | +1.94% | −11.05% |
| Nifty Next 50 | −0.61% | +2.85% | −2.89% | −1.80% |
| Nifty Midcap 150 | −0.90% | +2.24% | −3.71% | −5.27% |
| Nifty Smallcap 250 | −1.96% | +2.33% | −5.85% | +0.51% |
| Nifty Bank | −0.41% | +0.73% | +0.08% | −7.82% |
| Gold (gold funds) | −0.99% | −0.55% | −5.28% | +4.44% |
| Silver (silver funds) | −3.60% | −5.57% | −17.22% | −19.81% |
Each line is the median of all Direct Growth index funds or fund-of-funds tracking that market, so it sits within a few basis points of the index itself (the gap is mostly the funds’ expense ratios).
Large caps, mid caps and small caps
Large-cap and small-cap funds moved in opposite directions (large cap +0.23%, small cap −1.64%). That can happen when money shifts between bigger and smaller companies rather than into or out of equities as a whole, so one day of it says little about a trend.
Which equity categories moved most
Among equity categories, Large cap funds had the strongest day (median +0.23%) and Small cap the weakest (−1.64%). A category figure is the median fund in it, not an average weighted by size, so one unusual fund cannot drag it around. Sectoral and thematic funds are the widest-spread group by design — a banking fund and a pharma fund can move in opposite directions on the same day — so their median hides more than any other.
Equity categories: median 1-day return, 30 Oct 2026
%
| Label | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| Large cap | 0.23 |
| Dividend yield | -0.18 |
| Focused | -0.21 |
| Flexi cap | -0.36 |
| ELSS (tax saver) | -0.4 |
| Large & mid cap | -0.41 |
| Value & contra | -0.45 |
| Multi cap | -0.59 |
| Sectoral & thematic | -0.63 |
| Mid cap | -0.87 |
| Small cap | -1.64 |
| Category | Schemes | Rose today | 1 day | 1 week | 1 month | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large cap | 34 | 26 | +0.23% | +2.48% | +0.84% | −7.00% |
| Large & mid cap | 34 | 4 | −0.41% | +2.58% | −1.69% | −3.25% |
| Mid cap | 33 | 0 | −0.87% | +2.80% | −3.32% | −1.39% |
| Small cap | 36 | 0 | −1.64% | +1.86% | −5.77% | +5.79% |
| Flexi cap | 45 | 6 | −0.36% | +2.34% | −1.22% | −2.66% |
| Multi cap | 32 | 0 | −0.59% | +2.54% | −2.80% | −0.40% |
| Focused | 27 | 7 | −0.21% | +2.70% | −0.79% | −4.06% |
| Value & contra | 26 | 2 | −0.45% | +1.52% | −1.60% | −7.79% |
| ELSS (tax saver) | 43 | 10 | −0.40% | +2.22% | −1.48% | −5.68% |
| Dividend yield | 10 | 3 | −0.18% | +1.48% | −1.26% | −6.06% |
| Sectoral & thematic | 232 | 37 | −0.63% | +2.37% | −2.31% | −3.86% |
| Aggressive hybrid | 31 | 7 | −0.11% | +1.77% | −0.52% | −3.55% |
| Balanced advantage | 38 | 13 | −0.07% | +1.48% | −0.47% | −2.26% |
| Multi asset | 25 | 3 | −0.28% | +1.40% | −1.53% | −1.33% |
| Equity savings | 23 | 16 | +0.15% | +0.75% | 0.00% | +1.07% |
| Arbitrage | 39 | 39 | +0.17% | −0.03% | +0.55% | +5.41% |
| Conservative hybrid | 18 | 8 | −0.03% | +0.54% | −0.47% | +0.55% |
Hybrid funds: what a cushion looks like
Aggressive hybrid funds, which hold roughly 65–80% in equities, moved −0.11%. Balanced advantage funds, which change their equity share with valuations, moved −0.07%. Arbitrage funds — which lock in the price gap between the cash and futures markets — moved just +0.17%, the kind of steadiness they are built for. The less equity a hybrid fund holds, the smaller its share of an equity-market day, in both directions.
Debt funds: the quiet side of the market
Liquid funds earned +0.45% over the past month, about +5.6% a year at that pace — a reasonable read of what very short-term money is paying. Long-duration bond funds gained +0.21% over the past week. When long-term bond prices rise, bond yields have fallen: the two always move in opposite directions, and funds holding longer-dated bonds feel it most.
| Debt category | Schemes | 1 day | 1 week | 1 month | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | 40 | +0.02% | +0.11% | +0.45% | +4.32% |
| Liquid | 44 | +0.02% | +0.14% | +0.45% | +5.38% |
| Money market | 26 | +0.01% | +0.15% | +0.32% | +5.26% |
| Ultra short duration | 51 | +0.02% | +0.14% | +0.29% | +5.04% |
| Corporate bond | 21 | +0.02% | +0.14% | −0.25% | +3.15% |
| Banking & PSU | 20 | +0.02% | +0.13% | −0.24% | +3.16% |
| Gilt | 29 | −0.10% | +0.30% | −0.63% | +1.29% |
| Long duration | 13 | −0.01% | +0.21% | −0.61% | +1.99% |
| Credit risk | 13 | +0.03% | +0.22% | −0.05% | +5.78% |
Gold, silver and global funds
Gold funds moved −0.99% on the day and −5.28% over the month. Silver funds moved −3.60% (−17.22% over the month). In rupee terms, gold and silver funds carry two prices at once — the metal in dollars and the dollar in rupees — so a weaker rupee can lift them even on a day the metal is flat.
The bigger picture: the Nifty 50 measure over 12 sessions
Nifty 50 index funds, rebased to 100
index
| Label | Value (index) |
|---|---|
| 14 Oct | 100 |
| 15 Oct | 101.65 |
| 16 Oct | 102.32 |
| 19 Oct | 101.19 |
| 21 Oct | 100.84 |
| 22 Oct | 100.29 |
| 23 Oct | 99.92 |
| 26 Oct | 100.59 |
| 27 Oct | 100.58 |
| 28 Oct | 100.35 |
| 29 Oct | 101.41 |
| 30 Oct | 101.92 |
Inside the portfolios: the latest monthly disclosures
Daily NAVs show what fund portfolios are worth; the monthly disclosures show what they hold. Comparing every scheme’s last two disclosed portfolios, these holdings saw the largest changes in pooled value:
Largest increases
- HDFC Bank Limited (Banks) — pooled disclosed value +₹6,399 Cr across 293 schemes
- BSE Limited (Capital Markets) — pooled disclosed value +₹3,599 Cr across 135 schemes
- National Stock Exchange Of India Ltd (Capital Markets) — pooled disclosed value +₹2,925 Cr across 116 schemes
Largest decreases
- ICICI Bank Limited (Banks) — pooled disclosed value −₹22,901 Cr across 634 schemes
- Infosys Limited (IT - Software) — pooled disclosed value −₹12,024 Cr across 512 schemes
- State Bank of India (Banks) — pooled disclosed value −₹11,076 Cr across 582 schemes
What this means if you invest through SIPs
The Nifty 50 measure is +1.94% over the past month. For a SIP investor, rising NAVs mean each instalment buys fewer units — the other side of rupee-cost averaging. A SIP is built to keep investing through both kinds of month, which is why one month, and certainly one day, is a poor reason to start or stop one.
If you want to see how today’s market sits inside your portfolio — what you actually own across all your funds, and how much they overlap — Portfolio Analysis reads your CAS and does it in one step.
How these numbers are calculated
- Source: the net asset values every fund house publishes through AMFI each business day.
- Universe: open-ended Direct Plan Growth options with a NAV on 30 October 2026 and the previous business day (29 October 2026). IDCW options are excluded because payouts distort the NAV change.
- Category figures are medians, so a single fund with an unusual day does not move them. Categories with fewer than five schemes are left out.
- Index measures are the median of all index funds or fund-of-funds tracking that index, not the index level itself.
- Windows: 1 week = five business days; 1 month and year-to-date use the last NAV on or before 30 September 2026 and 31 December 2025.