🇮🇳 India
- Algo trading for retail investors – Deadline extended till Oct 31, 2025 for registering at least one strategy, and till Nov 30, 2025 for API-based trading compliance.
- Markets rebound slightly – After 7 straight sessions of decline, Nifty and Sensex gained modestly, led by banks and metal stocks.
- Corporate news –
- Infra.Market has filed for an IPO through the confidential route.
- Man Industries stock fell ~16% after SEBI banned the firm and top executives over fund diversion issues.
- RBI policy in focus – Investors are awaiting the Reserve Bank of India’s stance on interest rates and liquidity.
🌍 Global
- Wall Street – Dow hit another record high; S&P 500 and Nasdaq also ended higher, despite the looming risk of a U.S. government shutdown.
- China – Opened its stock option market to foreign investors for the first time, allowing access to equity options on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
- Commodities – Copper prices jumped to a 15-month high after supply concerns from an accident at Indonesia’s Grasberg mine.
- Market outlook – October is expected to see higher volatility due to earnings season and global macroeconomic events.
⚠️ Key risks to watch:
- RBI’s upcoming monetary policy
- Possible U.S. government shutdown
- Commodity price shocks (like copper)
- Foreign institutional investor (FII) flows
- Corporate earnings and guidance in October
