Pre-Market Pulse · recorded edition

Tuesday, 20 Oct 2026

Today leans cautious — foreign money out, domestic catching it

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

Today leans cautious

US futures lower · Asia mixed
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 lower 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 63.6% on Mon 19 Oct — in line with its 65% one-month norm.

The open · GIFT Nifty
22,919▲ 0.12%
Points to a gap-up of ~28 pts versus the prior close.
The tape7:56 AM IST
Overnight · US
S&P 500 fut7,735.25▲ 0.01%
Nasdaq 10029,660.5▼ 0.21%
This morning · Asia
Nikkei64,240.72▼ 1.04%
Hang Seng24,186.83▲ 0.52%
The inputs
Brent$109.43▼ 0.11%
Nat Gas$3.04▼ 0.72%
USD / INR94.92• 0%
Dollar idx101.92▼ 0.05%
India VIX14.77▲ 5.33%
US 10Y5.14%▲ +4 bps
Metals · futures
Gold /oz$4,153−0.17%
Silver /oz$57.01−0.47%
Copper /lb$6.56−0.18%
Aluminium /t$3,109+0.16%

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Sector read

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

Biggest moves · 19 Oct close
Internet▼ −1.9%
NBFC▼ −1.6%
Cement▼ −1.6%
Overnight flowsPrev · provisional
FII net
−₹1,149 cr
DII net
+₹3,201 cr

FIIs net sold ₹1,149 cr; DIIs net bought ₹3,201 cr — provisional cash figures for 19 Oct.

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