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Arthashastra · 04 Sep 2026 · Friday
Nifty, Bank Nifty and 13 Sectors: The Week Against the Record
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NIFTY 50 AND NIFTY BANK — LAST FRIDAY VS THIS FRIDAY

IndexFri 28-AugFri 4-SepChange
Nifty 5024,175.6523,897.70-277.95 (-1.15%)
Nifty Bank57,496.3057,369.65-126.65 (-0.22%)


NIFTY 50 AND NIFTY BANK — SEVEN HORIZONS

Nifty 50 closed at 23,897.70. Nifty Bank closed at 57,369.65.

HorizonNifty 50Nifty Bank
1 Week-277.95 (-1.15%)-126.65 (-0.22%)
1 Month-726.95 (-2.95%)-370.30 (-0.64%)
1 Quarter+531.00 (+2.27%)+2,873.40 (+5.27%)
1 Year-836.60 (-3.38%)+3,294.20 (+6.09%)
2 Years-1,301.00 (-5.16%)+5,969.40 (+11.61%)
5 Years+6,574.11 (+37.95%)+20,608.50 (+56.06%)
10 Years+14,954.70 (+167.22%)+36,943.45 (+180.86%)


Nifty 50 is up against the quarter, five years ago and ten years ago, but down against the week, the month, a year ago and two years ago.
Nifty Bank is up against the quarter, a year ago, two years ago, five years ago and ten years ago, but down against the week and the month.

NIFTY 50 AND NIFTY BANK — STREAK, ALL-TIME HIGH AND 52-WEEK RANGE

Nifty 50 closed up for 1 straight session, after 3 up sessions and 7 down sessions in the last 10. The index is 2,430.85 points, 9.23%, below its all-time closing high of 26,328.55, set on 2-January-2026, and 1,566.30 points, 7.01%, above its 52-week low of 22,331.40, set on 30-March-2026.

Nifty Bank closed down for 1 straight session, after 3 up sessions and 7 down sessions in the last 10. The index is 4,181.15 points, 6.79%, below its all-time closing high of 61,550.80, set on 18-February-2026, and 7,094.30 points, 14.11%, above its 52-week low of 50,275.35, set on 30-March-2026.

Both indices made their 52-week low on the same day, 30-March-2026, and their all-time highs within seven weeks of each other, in January and February 2026.

SECTOR INDICES — ONE WEEK, AGAINST LAST FRIDAY

All 13 Nifty sector indices closed lower against last Friday, 28-August, except three — Nifty Energy, Nifty PSE and Nifty CPSE, which closed higher.

Sector IndexFri 28-AugFri 4-SepChange
Nifty Auto28,851.8027,710.90-1,140.90 (-3.95%)
Nifty FMCG46,815.0045,892.75-922.25 (-1.97%)
Nifty Pharma26,991.8526,478.10-513.75 (-1.90%)
Nifty IT31,281.7030,695.10-586.60 (-1.88%)
Nifty Next 5074,159.1572,880.90-1,278.25 (-1.72%)
Nifty Metal13,525.3513,317.45-207.90 (-1.54%)
Nifty Midcap 15023,507.1523,168.35-338.80 (-1.44%)
Nifty Financial Services26,286.5026,051.00-235.50 (-0.90%)
Nifty Infrastructure9,242.709,197.80-44.90 (-0.49%)
Nifty Realty908.85907.90-0.95 (-0.10%)
Nifty Energy38,003.6538,067.85+64.20 (+0.17%)
Nifty PSE9,689.259,710.15+20.90 (+0.22%)
Nifty CPSE6,385.156,419.80+34.65 (+0.54%)


Nifty Auto declined every session this week, five closes in a row lower — the only sector index to fall all five days. It was the week's weakest, down 3.95%. Nifty CPSE was the week's strongest, up 0.54%. Ten of the thirteen sector indices closed the week lower; three closed higher.

Nifty 100, Nifty 200 and Nifty Smallcap 250 do not yet carry enough history for a weekly comparison — tracking on these three began 2-September-2026, three sessions ago. This week is the first for which all 13 established sector indices carry a full five trading sessions of history under the current tracking, which began 7-August-2026.

This is not a forecast. It is what closing prices already did — against seven distances, against each index's own record, and against last Friday — measured the same way every time, on the same day.
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