In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index dropped 198.50 points or 0.88% to 22,421.95.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, jumped 7.04% to 14.4.
Infosys, HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the top-traded individual stock futures contracts in the F&O segment of the NSE.
The October 2026 F&O contracts will expire on 27 October 2026.
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