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.
The tape7:08 AM IST
Overnight · US
S&P 500 fut7,698.5▲ 0.09%
Nasdaq 10029,417.25▲ 0.1%
This morning · Asia
Nikkei66,193.9▲ 0.27%
Hang Seng26,009.46• 0%
The inputs
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
Metals · futures
Gold /oz$4,675−0.12%
Silver /oz$69.21−0.47%
Copper /lb$6.58−0.09%
Aluminium /t$3,403+0.12%

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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.

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