The Nifty 50 closed at 23,146.15 on Friday, 16 October 2026, up 0.65 percent and above 23,000, from 22,997.35 on 15 October. The latest Nifty 50 close in our table is 23,053.10, as of 30 Oct 2026, and that figure can be later than the session in this post. These are NSE index closes stored in the TrackLivePrice database.
What changed in the session
The previous close is not a separate field in our feed. It is worked out from the closing level and the point change stored for 16 October, so the first row of the table below shows the arithmetic. The percentages compare each figure with the reference close shown in its row.
Nifty 50 arithmetic for the 16 October 2026 close. Closes from the NSE index data stored by TrackLivePrice.
| Step | Working | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Close, 16 October 2026 | NSE index close, stored | 23,146.15 |
| Change on the day | stored point change | 148.80 points |
| Previous close, 15 October 2026 | 23,146.15 - 148.80 | 22,997.35 |
| Change percent | 148.80 / 22,997.35 x 100 | 0.65 percent |
| Distance above 23,000 | 23,146.15 - 23,000 | 146.15 points |
| Points above 365 day low | 23,146.15 - 22,231.80 | 914.35 points |
| Percent below 365 day high | (26,328.55 - 23,146.15) / 26,328.55 x 100 | 12.09 percent |
Example figures, not today's rates.
How we calculated this: TrackLivePrice stored NSE index closes for the Nifty 50, 16 October 2026 and the 15 October close derived as 23,146.15 less 148.80 points. Change percent = change in points / previous close x 100. The 365 day high and low come from the same index table, and the distance from the high is (high - close) / high x 100.
Try it: Nifty and Sensex Return Calculator lets you pick an index and two dates to see the point return and CAGR from our stored closes. For a return over a number of years from a start and end value, the CAGR Calculator works from the values you enter.
Where the close sits in our 365 day range
Over the 365 days in our index records, the Nifty 50 high is 26,328.55 and the low is 22,231.80. The 16 October close is 914.35 points above that low and 12.09 percent below the high. The chart plots the last 30 daily closes, so each point is one trading session and market holidays do not appear as gaps.
Latest 23,053.10 (30 Oct 2026)High 23,146.15 (16 Oct 2026)Low 22,231.80 (8 Oct 2026)
The table below is a live snapshot from our index table, so its values show the latest session in the database and can differ from the 16 October figures in the text.
Index snapshot, latest session in our index table. Source: NSE and BSE index closes stored by TrackLivePrice.
| Index | Close | Day | 52w high | 52w low | P/E | P/B | Div. yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nifty 50 | 23,053.10 | +0.51% | 26,373.20 | 22,179.90 | 19.30 | 2.83 | 1.42% |
| Sensex | 74,459.53 | +0.42% | 86,159.02 | 71,292.88 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nifty Bank | 54,686.95 | -0.41% | 61,764.85 | 49,954.85 | 12.23 | 1.65 | 1.14% |
| India VIX | 15.30 | +1.22% | 28.91 | 8.72 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
End of day, 30 Oct 2026 | Source: NSE index files; Sensex from Yahoo Finance. 52 week range from our stored history.
Sector moves on the same day
Among the sector indices in our table for 16 October, the Nifty IT index rose 3.92 percent, the largest gain in that list. The Nifty Bank index moved 0.06 percent and the SENSEX closed at 74,729.27, up 0.56 percent. Sector indices are shown as recorded and do not explain the index move: the index table does not state a cause.
Who this affects
An index close is a reference level. It is used by people who follow the market and by investors in index funds or exchange traded funds that track the Nifty 50, but it does not show what any fund, portfolio or stock returned. Readers who want to check the figures can compare them with the NSE closing data linked in the sources, which the stored table reproduces.
What this does not show
- It does not show intraday levels. These are end of day closes only.
- It does not give a cause for the move. Our table records the level, not the reason.
- It does not forecast the next session. A close above a round number describes one day that has already ended.
Common mistakes when reading an index close
- Treating the 23,000 level as a support or resistance signal. This post gives no such reading.
- Mixing the Nifty 50 with the SENSEX. They track different stocks and have different base values.
- Comparing an intraday quote from another site with our end of day close.
For the wider picture of how the index is built, the Nifty 50 page and the SENSEX page show the same index series with the latest figures in our database.
