Pre-Market Pulse · recorded edition

Tuesday, 28 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 mixed
Foreign money kept selling while domestic funds bought the dip. US futures are lower overnight, and Asia's mixed this morning. The thread to watch: whether that selling flips at the open, or domestic money carries the tape alone.
The open · GIFT Nifty
23,987▼ 0.23%
Points to a gap-down of ~55 pts versus the prior close.
The tape7:31 AM IST
Overnight · US
S&P 500 fut7,443▼ 0.07%
Nasdaq 10028,086▼ 0.37%
This morning · Asia
Nikkei62,420▼ 3.87%
Hang Seng25,277.8▲ 0.28%
The inputs
Brent$87.78▼ 0.66%
Nat Gas$2.82▼ 2.25%
USD / INR95.9• 0%
Dollar idx101.5▼ 0.03%
India VIX12.66▼ 9.76%
US 10Y4.64%▼ −4 bps
Metals · futures
Gold /oz$4,094+0.58%
Silver /oz$59.69+1.33%
Copper /lb$6.35−0.13%
Aluminium /t$3,464+0.43%

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Sector read

Paints led yesterday, up 2.6% — the biggest sector move. Nothing in this morning's inputs pulls the same way.

Overnight flowsPrev · provisional
FII net
−₹1,688 cr
DII net
+₹2,329 cr

FIIs net sold ₹1,688 cr; DIIs net bought ₹2,329 cr — provisional cash figures for 27 Jul.