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.

Overnight · USFutures

S&P 500 fut7,812.75▲ 0.1%

Nasdaq 10030,234.75▲ 0.31%

This morning · AsiaLive

Nikkei68,500.02▼ 0.31%

Hang Seng25,116.85• 0%

The inputsLatest

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

Metalsfutures

Gold

$4,443/oz+0.12%

Silver

$65.33/oz+0.34%

Copper

$6.65/lb+0.48%

Aluminium

$3,422/t+0.66%

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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