Pre-Market Pulse · recorded edition

Friday, 17 Jul 2026

Today leans cautious — foreign money out, domestic catching it

The read as recorded on this date — the same words and numbers that went to subscribers.

Today leans cautious— US futures soft · Asia weak · crude firming

US futures are lower overnight, and Asia's following — but foreign money kept selling while domestic funds bought the dip. The thread to watch: whether that selling flips at the open, or domestic money carries the tape alone.

The open · GIFT Nifty
24,110 0.06%
Points to a gap-up of ~14 pts versus the prior close.
Overnight · USFutures
S&P 500 fut7,541.5 0.48%
Nasdaq 10028,988.75 0.81%
This morning · AsiaLive
Nikkei64,313.92 3.77%
Hang Seng24,996.89 0.05%
The inputsLatest
Brent$85.15 1.09%
USD / INR96.33 0%
Dollar idx100.74 0.02%
India VIX12.88 6.31%
US 10Y4.57% +2 bps
Sector read

Insurance lagged yesterday, down 2.2% — the biggest sector move. Nothing in this morning's inputs pulls the same way.

Overnight flowsPrev · provisional
FII net
−₹4,206 cr
DII net
+₹2,986 cr

FIIs net sold ₹4,206 cr; DIIs net bought ₹2,986 cr — provisional cash figures for 16 Jul.