Pre-Market Pulse · recorded edition

Monday, 24 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 firm · Asia bid

Friday's thread was whether that foreign selling would carry through. It carried — foreign investors stayed net sellers. Foreign money kept selling while domestic funds bought the dip. US futures are higher overnight, and Asia's following. The thread to watch: whether that selling carries into the session, or domestic money holds the tape up alone.

BSE delivery 66.7% on Fri 21 Aug, above its 63% one-month norm but within the usual daily range.

The open · GIFT Nifty
24,347.5 0.25%
Points to a gap-up of ~61 pts versus the prior close.
Overnight · USFutures
S&P 500 fut7,698.5 0.09%
Nasdaq 10029,417.25 0.1%
This morning · AsiaLive
Nikkei66,193.9 0.27%
Hang Seng26,009.46 0%
The inputsLatest
Brent$92.25 2.27%
Nat Gas$2.77 1.42%
USD / INR95.68 0.01%
Dollar idx98.83 0.03%
India VIX11.2 4.09%
US 10Y4.74% +4 bps
Metalsfutures
Gold
$4,675/oz−0.12%
Silver
$69.21/oz−0.47%
Copper
$6.58/lb−0.09%
Aluminium
$3,403/t+0.12%
Sector read

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

Biggest moves · 21 Aug close
Insurance +1.9%
Metals +1.0%
Internet +0.9%
Overnight flowsPrev · provisional
FII net
−₹543 cr
DII net
+₹2,124 cr

FIIs net sold ₹543 cr; DIIs net bought ₹2,124 cr — provisional cash figures for 21 Aug.