The market on Friday, 2 October 2026

On Friday, 2 October 2026, 0 stocks rose and 0 fell on NSE; the median stock moved 0.00%.

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Business stories that day

• Eurofer cuts its 2026 EU steel demand forecast to growth of 0.1% from 0.4%, with car output seen down 0.9% EU
• SoftBank pays the last $10 billion of its $30 billion OpenAI commitment, funded by a record junk bond US
• TCS takes over Best Buy's India capability centre in a multi-year deal and plans an AI-native hub US
• STOXX 600 closes up 0.8% on Friday, but European banks post their worst week since April and IG Group drops 22.6% EU
• Amazon pledges $1 billion over five years to towns that host its data centres as local opposition grows US
• No US IPOs are scheduled this week; Anthropic's marketing is reported for as soon as the week of November 9 US
• Broadcom is reported to be lining up $60 billion of debt to fund AI chips for Anthropic US
• Fed officials want more data after weak jobs report; traders put an October hike at about 25% US
• Euro-area inflation jumps to 3.8% in September as energy prices rise 18.8% EU
• FAO food price index rises to 136, its highest since November 2022, led by sugar and cereals
• G7 agrees to release up to 100 million barrels of oil and diesel over four months, with diesel frontloaded in the first 20 days
• Reliance announces Rs 1 lakh crore for compressed biogas plants in Andhra Pradesh
• US trade chief says India deal is in the 'short strokes' but not imminent after a Modi-Trump call
• Crude slips about 2% as EU states agree to release diesel stockpiles after pressure from Trump; Brent at $100.50
• US adds only 29,000 jobs in September; traders cut October Fed hike odds to 16% and the 10-year yield eases to 5.28%
• RBI's rate panel meets Oct 5-7 with most economists in a Business Standard poll pencilling in a 25 bp hike

US and European deals

• Steady Energy Plc Nasdaq First North Helsinki listed

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