Pre-Market Pulse · recorded edition

Tuesday, 18 Aug 2026

Today looks mixed — foreign money out, domestic catching it

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

Today looks mixed— US futures flat · Asia mixed

Yesterday's thread was whether that foreign buying would hold. It reversed — foreign investors turned net sellers. Foreign money kept selling while domestic funds bought the dip. US futures are steady overnight, and Asia's mixed this morning. The thread to watch: whether that selling carries into the session, or domestic money holds the tape up alone.

BSE delivery 64.1% on Mon 17 Aug — in line with its 62% one-month norm.

The open · GIFT Nifty

24,320▼ 0.23%

Points to a gap-down of ~56 pts versus the prior close.

Overnight · USFutures

S&P 500 fut7,767.25▼ 0.02%

Nasdaq 10030,098.5▲ 0.01%

This morning · AsiaLive

Nikkei68,947.85▼ 0.39%

Hang Seng25,453.23▲ 1.34%

The inputsLatest

Brent$91.11▲ 0.26%

Nat Gas$2.7▲ 0.33%

USD / INR95.59• 0%

Dollar idx99.56▼ 0.08%

India VIX11.32▲ 0.18%

US 10Y4.72%▲ +3 bps

Metalsfutures

Gold

$4,487/oz+0.29%

Silver

$66.46/oz+0.35%

Copper

$6.62/lb0.00%

Aluminium

$3,405/t−0.86%

Sector read

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

Biggest moves · 17 Aug close

Realty▲ +2.2%

Telecom▼ −1.7%

Metals▲ +1.4%

Overnight flowsPrev · provisional

FII net

−₹2,535 cr

DII net

+₹5,101 cr

FIIs net sold ₹2,535 cr; DIIs net bought ₹5,101 cr — provisional cash figures for 17 Aug.

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