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.