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.
The tape7:08 AM IST
Overnight · US
S&P 500 fut7,506.25▲ 0.11%
Nasdaq 10028,874.75▲ 0.35%
This morning · Asia
Nikkei64,141.12▼ 4.03%
Hang Seng24,835.03▲ 1.11%
The inputs
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
Metals · futures
Gold /oz$4,019+0.67%
Silver /oz$56.33+0.25%
Copper /lb$6.27−1.21%
Aluminium /t$3,452+2.59%

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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.

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