Technology And IT Leads the Midday Market Talk on 31 October 2026, Quarterly Results and Banks And NBFCs Close Behind

The stories moving markets — 31 October 2026

Across the major business newswires, technology and IT is the most-covered theme right now (3 publishers, 5 headlines). Below is what is being covered, each theme paired with the live TrendRipperX page carrying the actual numbers, read at 11:05 am IST.

Themes in focus

Technology and IT

3 publishers and 5 headlines in the last session. Three independent desks running the same story usually means it has legs beyond a single day.

IT services revenue is dollar-linked and deal-driven, so technology news is read together with the rupee and US client spending.

Live numbers: Technology, Market dashboard.

• Meta's AI spending has cost its rating? S&P downgrades AA- credit outlook to Negative as ‘ability to monetize limited’ — Livemint

• AI is forcing recruitment firms to overhaul their business models — Livemint

• Global Markets | European shares stumble at end of best month since June on AI worries — Economic Times

Quarterly results

2 publishers and 9 headlines in the last session. Coverage is still limited to a couple of desks, so the story is early and may not be priced in yet.

Earnings season coverage concentrates on revenue growth, margin direction and guidance — the three inputs that reset a stock's multiple.

Live numbers: Quarterly results.

• New-age beauty brands enjoy revenue glow-up — Economic Times

• Airtel Africa Q2 profit rises 16% to $254 million — Economic Times

• ZEE profit sinks 40% YoY in Q2, but revenue rises on FIFA subscription growth — Economic Times

Banks and NBFCs

2 publishers and 6 headlines in the last session. Coverage is still limited to a couple of desks, so the story is early and may not be priced in yet.

Credit growth, deposit costs and asset quality drive nearly a third of index earnings, so bank news travels straight into the broader market.

Live numbers: Banking & Finance, Bank Nifty today.

• Why are banks closed in Gujarat today, despite it being 5th Saturday? State-wise bank holiday 31 Oct; PM Modi in Gujarat — Livemint

• Bank holiday today 31 Oct 2026: Are banks open today? Check if SBI, HDFC, ICICI Bank and others are open in your city — Livemint

• Bank holidays this week: Will banks be closed for Dhanteras? Check holidays during Diwali week from 1–8 November — Livemint

Telecom

2 publishers and 3 headlines in the last session. Coverage is still limited to a couple of desks, so the story is early and may not be priced in yet.

Tariff and ARPU changes flow straight to operator cash flows, and subscriber data is read as a proxy for consumer spending.

Live numbers: Telecom, Technology.

• Jio Platforms profit zooms 14% on healthy user mix, digital play — Economic Times

• Airtel Africa Q2 profit rises 16% to $254 million — Economic Times

• Jio Platforms and RPower: A tale of two blockbuster IPOs — The Hindu BusinessLine

Global markets

2 publishers and 3 headlines in the last session. Coverage is still limited to a couple of desks, so the story is early and may not be priced in yet.

Wall Street's close and Asia's morning set the tone for the Indian open, with GIFT Nifty the first tradable read on that gap.

Live numbers: Global markets, GIFT Nifty.

• Wall Street Week Ahead: Midterm US elections, earnings, jobs data loom for AI-wary stock market — Economic Times

• Wall Street drops to its worst day since June after the sell-off for tech stocks deepens — Economic Times

• Nasdaq 100 Falls 3% as Earnings Stoke AI Reckoning: Markets Wrap — The Hindu BusinessLine

Gold

2 publishers and 2 headlines in the last session. Coverage is still limited to a couple of desks, so the story is early and may not be priced in yet.

Bullion coverage rises with the dollar, real yields and festival demand — the association's published rate is the number jewellers actually bill against.

Live numbers: Gold rate today, Gold ETF.

• Gold, silver rates today Bangalore 31 Oct: Latest prices, up-down movement for precious metal investors in Garden City — Livemint

• Tech rout drives gold to one-year low, white metals sink deep into oversold zone — Economic Times

Insurance

2 publishers and 2 headlines in the last session. Coverage is still limited to a couple of desks, so the story is early and may not be priced in yet.

Premium growth and product-mix changes decide insurers' embedded value, the metric on which these stocks are actually priced.

Live numbers: Insurance.

• Irdai's proposed insurance commission caps may hit smaller banks harder — Livemint

• LIC Housing Fin Q2 net profit grows 12% YoY — Economic Times

How to use this round-up

Coverage volume tells you where attention is, not where value is. Use it to decide what to check — then read the level on the live page, compare it with the previous close and the day range, and only then judge whether the market has already priced the story. Headlines below link to the publishers; every number on TrendRipperX is read from the exchange, association or official source directly.

Key takeaways

• technology and IT: 5 headlines (3 publishers)
• quarterly results: 9 headlines (2 publishers)
• banks and NBFCs: 6 headlines (2 publishers)

About this report

Every figure on this page is read from a primary source at the timestamp shown — exchange boards for equities and indices, the exchange bid book for IPOs, published association rates for bullion, and consolidated exchange quotes for crypto — with no estimation or third-party commentary. Historical fields such as trailing returns and 52-week extremes are computed on the adjusted daily series so splits and bonuses do not create false gaps. A timestamp outside market hours reflects the last traded or last published value, not a live tick.

Related live pages

• Stock market today
• Market dashboard
• Global markets
• Stocks in news
• IPO today

Sources

• Theme detection from the public RSS feeds of Livemint, Moneycontrol, The Economic Times, Business Standard and The Hindu BusinessLine — headlines linked to the publisher
• All prices and levels from our own exchange, bullion association and official data feeds

“This report is generated automatically from live exchange and official association data at the time stamped above. Prices move continuously — verify on the source before acting. Nothing here is investment advice.”