Pre-Market Pulse · recorded edition

Thursday, 3 Sep 2026

Today leans cautious — tape and GIFT diverge

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

Today leans cautious

US futures firm · Asia weak · crude firming
Yesterday's thread was whether that foreign buying would hold. It held — foreign investors stayed net buyers. The tape's leaning lower but GIFT Nifty points to a gap-up open. US futures are higher overnight, but Asia's pulling the other way. The thread to watch: whether GIFT's lead holds through the session.

BSE delivery ran 84.8% on Wed 2 Sep, above its one-month norm — but excluding the five most-traded stocks it was in line with its own usual level.

The open · GIFT Nifty
24,085▲ 0.5%
Points to a gap-up of ~120 pts versus the prior close.
The tape7:18 AM IST
Overnight · US
S&P 500 fut7,674.25▲ 0.41%
Nasdaq 10029,135.5▲ 0.03%
This morning · Asia
Nikkei64,325.64▼ 2.85%
Hang Seng25,311.21▼ 1%
The inputs
Brent$95.81▲ 1.23%
Nat Gas$3.02▲ 2%
USD / INR94.96▲ 0.02%
Dollar idx99.59▼ 0.09%
India VIX11.59▲ 3.59%
US 10Y4.8% 0 bps
Metals · futures
Gold /oz$4,433+0.41%
Silver /oz$65.93+0.71%
Copper /lb$6.60+0.11%
Aluminium /t$3,451−0.12%

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Sector read

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

Biggest moves · 2 Sep close
Auto▼ −1.9%
Power▲ +1.5%
IT▼ −1.5%
Overnight flowsPrev · provisional
FII net
+₹6,688 cr
DII net
+₹2,813 cr

FIIs net bought ₹6,688 cr; DIIs net bought ₹2,813 cr — provisional cash figures for 2 Sep.

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