INDIA Financial Briefing - 25 October 2026

Daily Financial Briefing

INDIA

25 October 2026

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1. MARKET OVERVIEW

Index	Level	Change on the day	As of	Source
BSE Sensex	73,123.83	-0.17%	2026-10-23	Yahoo Finance

2. CURRENCY AND FOREX

Pair	Rate	Change	As of	Source
USD/INR (ECB reference rate)	94.9451	-	2026-10-23	European Central Bank euro reference rates

3. ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Indicator	Value	Period	Source
Headline CPI Inflation (National)	5.54%	2026-09 (September 2026, year on year)	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
GDP Growth Rate	7.8%	2026-Q2 (Q2 2026 (July-September), year on year)	Trading Economics / MoSPI

4. BANKING SECTOR

Not available today.

5. TRADE AND INVESTMENT

Not available today.

6. KEY FINANCIAL NEWS

India-EU FTA may be operational in January-March, says Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal; trade pact expected to be signed by end of 2026 (Business Standard, 2026-10-22)

India's West Asia oil imports hit pre-war levels at 2.8 mn barrels per day in September, accounting for 54% of purchases; Russian crude imports fall 14% month-on-month (Business Standard, 2026-10-22)

7. OUTLOOK

Not available today.

SOURCES

Headline CPI Inflation (National), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) (as of 2026-09)

GDP Growth Rate, Trading Economics / MoSPI (as of 2026-Q2)

USD/INR (ECB reference rate), European Central Bank euro reference rates (as of 2026-10-23)

BSE Sensex, Yahoo Finance (as of 2026-10-23)

News, Business Standard (2026-10-22)