Daily Brief · Pre-Market · 08:20 am IST🟢 Risk-on

Gift Nifty points to a higher start as Wall Street and Asia rally

Gift Nifty is up +0.40% and overseas cues are firm. Brent is lower at $87.80, while Nifty options show PCR at 1.29 with max pain at 24,250.

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Gift Nifty at 24,385.50 (+0.40%)firm open signalled

S&P closed +1.66%, Nikkei +4.37% — that's the overnight handoff Indian futures are pricing.

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Options pin the tape at 24,250.00

PCR 1.29 (put-writer edge), spot 24,317.15.

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Brent $87.80 (−1.38%) · USD/INR 95.67

Softer crude eases the import bill and OMC marketing margins.

Watch: Raymond Lifestyle Limited Aditya Birla Capital Limited 20 Microns Limited24,250.00 = max-pain pivot

Global Cues

Overnight context

Equities · US & Europe

S&P 5007,437.63+1.66%
Dow52,208.06+1.19%
Nasdaq25,122.18+2.78%
FTSE 10010,897.27−0.10%
DAX25,612.03+0.60%

Equities · Asia

Nikkei64,572.25+4.37%
KOSPI6,373.26+13.94%
Hang Seng25,855.39−0.01%
Shanghai3,832.24+0.72%

Commodities · FX · Rates

Brent87.80−1.38%
WTI82.14−1.73%
Gold4,140.10−0.49%
USD/INR95.670.00%
DXY100.17+0.31%
US 10Y4.66+0.89%
Bitcoin64,247.11−0.74%
Ethereum1,902.72−0.75%

India VIX 12.16

Options Board

2026-08-04 expiry

PCR

1.29

put-writer edge

Max Pain

24,250.00

Spot

24,317.15

Open interest by strike

as of 03:44 pm
24,050.0024,100.0024,150.0024,200.0024,250.0024,300.0024,350.0024,400.0024,450.0024,500.0024,550.00
Call OI · resistance Put OI · supportATM 24,300.00

Radar

Top 5 from Patterns Live

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Key Developments

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Results · macro · corporate actions

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