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After RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday, October 1, announced that it was unanimously decided to "keep the repo rate unchanged" at 5.5 per cent and retain the “neutral” stance, the Indian stock market exchanges experienced healthy buying across segments in intraday trade on October 1.

The Sensex jumped nearly 500 points, or 0.60 per cent, to hit an intraday high of 80,744, while the Nifty 50 also rose over half a per cent to hit an intraday high of 24,746.

Further, the RBI Governor noted that the “average headline inflation has been revised" and was lowered from 3.7 per cent in June, 2.6 per cent in September 2025.

He also noted that India's "economic growth outlook remains resilient helped by favourable monsoon, lower

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