Pre-Market Pulse · recorded edition

Monday, 17 Aug 2026

Today looks mixed — both sides buying

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

Today looks mixed

US futures firm · Asia weak
Friday's thread was whether that foreign selling would carry through. It flipped — foreign investors came back as net buyers. A quiet tape into the open, but both foreign and domestic money were net buyers overnight. US futures are higher overnight, but Asia's pulling the other way. The thread to watch: whether that buying holds through the session, or fades.

BSE delivery 67.0% on Fri 14 Aug, above its 62% one-month norm but within the usual daily range.

The open · GIFT Nifty
24,403▼ 0.11%
Points to a gap-down of ~27 pts versus the prior close.
The tape7:09 AM IST
Overnight · US
S&P 500 fut7,812.75▲ 0.1%
Nasdaq 10030,234.75▲ 0.31%
This morning · Asia
Nikkei68,500.02▼ 0.31%
Hang Seng25,116.85• 0%
The inputs
Brent$88.44▼ 0.09%
Nat Gas$2.67▼ 2.31%
USD / INR95.42• 0%
Dollar idx99.52▼ 0.14%
India VIX11.3▼ 0.99%
US 10Y4.7%▲ +5 bps
Metals · futures
Gold /oz$4,443+0.12%
Silver /oz$65.33+0.34%
Copper /lb$6.65+0.48%
Aluminium /t$3,422+0.66%

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Sector read

Telecom led Friday — the biggest sector move. Nothing in this morning's inputs pulls the same way.

Biggest moves · 14 Aug close
Telecom▲ +2.5%
Refiners▼ −1.7%
PSU-Infra-Finance▼ −1.7%
Overnight flowsPrev · provisional
FII net
+₹508 cr
DII net
+₹356 cr

FIIs net bought ₹508 cr; DIIs net bought ₹356 cr — provisional cash figures for 14 Aug.

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