Pre-Market Pulse · recorded edition

Monday, 20 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 firm · Asia mixed · crude firming

US futures are higher overnight, and Asia's mixed this morning — 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
24,294 0.23%
Points to a gap-down of ~56 pts versus the prior close.
Overnight · USFutures
S&P 500 fut7,506.25 0.11%
Nasdaq 10028,874.75 0.35%
This morning · AsiaLive
Nikkei64,141.12 4.03%
Hang Seng24,835.03 1.11%
The inputsLatest
Brent$90.27 2.46%
Nat Gas$2.91 1.85%
USD / INR96.27 0%
Dollar idx100.78 0.01%
India VIX13.15 2.08%
US 10Y4.54% −3 bps
Metalsfutures
Gold
$4,019/oz+0.67%
Silver
$56.33/oz+0.25%
Copper
$6.27/lb−1.21%
Aluminium
$3,452/t+2.59%
Sector read

Realty led yesterday, up 2.1% — the biggest sector move. Nothing in this morning's inputs pulls the same way.

Overnight flowsPrev · provisional
FII net
−₹376 cr
DII net
+₹1,018 cr

FIIs net sold ₹376 cr; DIIs net bought ₹1,018 cr — provisional cash figures for 17 Jul.