BSE Sensex: a 3.2σ fall on 24 September 2026
Recorded 7 October 2026On 24 September 2026 BSE Sensex fell 1.67% close to close, 3.2 times its typical daily move of 0.52% over the 20 sessions before it: larger than every one of the 58 sessions on record before it. 9 other instruments of the 198 measured that day moved 2σ or more.
The day
Daily closes, as recorded the night after
- Move
- −1.67%
- Size
- −3.2σ
- Typical day before it
- 0.52%
- Close
- 73,580.54
- Previous close, 23 September 2026
- 74,828.25
- Since, to 21 October 2026
- +0.18%
BSE Sensex, the 30 sessions to 24 September 2026
Daily closes; the last point is the quake
Show values
| Point | SENSEX |
|---|---|
| 12 Aug 2026 | 77,966 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 78,080 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 78,009 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 77,728 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 77,235 |
| 19 Aug 2026 | 76,910 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 77,538 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | 77,541 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 77,369 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 77,656 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | 77,473 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 76,934 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 77,265 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 76,957 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 76,944 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 76,570 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 76,153 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 76,515 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 76,133 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 75,578 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 74,764 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 74,903 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | 74,782 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 74,004 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 74,336 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 74,315 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | 74,295 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 74,859 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 74,529 |
| 23 Sep 2026 | 74,828 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 73,581 |
The same day
Other quakes on 24 September 2026
| Instrument | Move | Size |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar / Indonesian Rupiah USD/IDR | −1.56% | −5.3σ |
| Litecoin LTC | +16.31% | +5.2σ |
| Natural Gas NATGAS | +9.06% | +4.6σ |
BSE Sensex's other quakes
On record, newest first
- 8 July 2026: −2.15%, −3.4σ
How it is measured
The move is the close-to-close return; its size is that return divided by the standard deviation of BSE Sensex's previous 20 daily returns. A quake is 3σ or more. This record was made the night after the day finished trading and has not been changed since. The live chart is on BSE Sensex's page; the last few months of every market's daily moves are on the volatility terrain, and every quake on record is in the quake archive.