Pre-Market Pulse · recorded edition

Thursday, 22 Oct 2026

Today leans cautious — both sides buying

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

Today leans cautious

US futures lower · Asia lower · crude higher
Yesterday's thread was whether that foreign selling would carry through. It flipped — foreign investors came back as net buyers. A quiet tape into the open, but both foreign and domestic money were net buyers overnight. US futures are lower overnight, and Asia's following. The thread to watch: whether that buying holds through the session, or fades.

BSE delivery 60.6% on Wed 21 Oct, below its 64% one-month norm but within the usual daily range.

The open · GIFT Nifty
22,702▼ 0.12%
Points to a gap-down of ~27 pts versus the prior close.
The tape7:17 AM IST
Overnight · US
S&P 500 fut7,767.5▼ 0.42%
Nasdaq 10029,793▼ 0.71%
This morning · Asia
Nikkei64,597.06▼ 0.04%
Hang Seng23,651.87▼ 2.21%
The inputs
Brent$110.09▲ 1.17%
Nat Gas$2.78▼ 0.29%
USD / INR94.45• 0%
Dollar idx101.69▼ 0.09%
India VIX15.68▲ 6.11%
US 10Y5.15%▲ +3 bps
Metals · futures
Gold /oz$4,135−0.37%
Silver /oz$57.59−0.21%
Copper /lb$6.56−0.30%
Aluminium /t$3,122−0.10%

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Sector read

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

Biggest moves · 21 Oct close
IT▲ +3.8%
Capital Goods▼ −3.4%
NBFC▼ −2.7%
Overnight flowsPrev · provisional
FII net
+₹1,022 cr
DII net
+₹1,614 cr

FIIs net bought ₹1,022 cr; DIIs net bought ₹1,614 cr — provisional cash figures for 21 Oct.

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