Daily Brief · Pre-Market · 08:20 am IST🔴 Risk-off

Gap-down start likely as Gift Nifty slips 115 pts

Brent is above $95.99, WTI is at $88.23, and Gift Nifty is below 24,000 ahead of the open.

1

Gift Nifty at 23,994.50 (−0.47%)soft open signalled

S&P closed −0.14%, Nikkei +0.47% — that's the overnight handoff Indian futures are pricing.

2

Options pin the tape at 24,100.00

PCR 0.74 (call-writer edge), spot 23,996.25.

3

Brent $95.99 (+2.04%) · USD/INR 96.55

Crude and the rupee set the imported-inflation backdrop for rate expectations.

Watch: Fractal Analytics Limited Aastha Spintex Limited Allied Blenders and Distillers Limited24,100.00 = max-pain pivot

Global Cues

Overnight context
Equities · US & Europe
SP
S&P 500GSPC
7,498.96−0.14%
DO
DowDJI
52,218.58−0.01%
NA
NasdaqIXIC
25,690.90−0.57%
FT
FTSE 100FTSE
10,716.97+1.24%
DA
DAXGDAXI
25,155.41+0.58%
Equities · Asia
NI
NikkeiN225
66,424.44+0.47%
KO
KOSPIKS11
6,925.58+1.88%
HA
Hang SengHSI
25,193.85+1.21%
SH
Shanghai000001
3,862.55−0.12%
Commodities · FX · Rates
BR
BrentBZ
95.99+2.04%
WT
WTICL
88.23+1.61%
GO
GoldGC
4,121.10−0.74%
US
USD/INRINR
96.55−0.01%
DX
DXYDX-Y
101.02−0.10%
US
US 10YTNX
4.66+0.63%
Crypto
BI
BitcoinBTC
65,748.39−0.50%
ET
EthereumETH
1,925.10−0.43%

Options Board

2026-07-28 expiry

PCR

0.74

call-writer edge

Max Pain

24,100.00

Spot

23,996.25

23,800.00
23,850.00
23,900.00
23,950.00
24,000.00
24,050.00
24,100.00
24,150.00
24,200.00
Call OI · resistance Put OI · supportas of 03:44 pm

Radar

Pattern-engine setups

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Headlines

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Results · macro · corporate actions
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Cipla Limitedearnings
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Control Print Limitedearnings
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Coromandel International Limitedearnings
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Educational market commentary only. Not SEBI-registered investment advice.