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

Gift Nifty points to a flat-to-positive open; Brent and WTI ease

Rupee is steady at 95.37, while US equities rallied overnight and oil prices fell, keeping the open supported but not runaway.

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Gift Nifty at 24,587.00 (−0.01%)soft open signalled

S&P closed +1.79%, Nikkei +2.98% — that's the overnight handoff Indian futures are pricing.

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Options pin the tape at 24,500.00

PCR 0.82 (call-writer edge), spot 24,614.90.

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Brent $78.28 (−1.36%) · USD/INR 95.37

Softer crude eases the import bill and OMC marketing margins.

Watch: All Time Plastics Limited Amanta Healthcare Limited Aptech Limited24,500.00 = max-pain pivot

Global Cues

Overnight context

Equities · US & Europe

S&P 5007,736.52+1.79%
Dow54,085.88+1.71%
Nasdaq26,584.99+2.59%
FTSE 10010,879.38+0.20%
DAX26,202.35+0.77%

Equities · Asia

Nikkei65,861.00+2.98%
KOSPI6,591.57+3.66%
Hang Seng25,897.58+0.17%
Shanghai3,853.02+0.80%

Commodities · FX · Rates

Brent78.28−1.36%
WTI74.32−1.91%
Gold4,177.70+0.60%
USD/INR95.370.00%
DXY99.81−0.05%
US 10Y4.63−1.26%
Bitcoin64,379.62+0.51%
Ethereum1,873.96+0.30%

India VIX 12.19

Options Board

2026-08-11 expiry

PCR

0.82

call-writer edge

Max Pain

24,500.00

Spot

24,614.90

Open interest by strike

as of 03:44 pm
24,350.0024,400.0024,450.0024,500.0024,550.0024,600.0024,650.0024,700.0024,750.0024,800.0024,850.00
Call OI · resistance Put OI · supportATM 24,600.00

Radar

Top 5 from Patterns Live

No published setups for this edition.

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Day Ahead

Results · macro · corporate actions

Macro & corporate actions

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All Time Plastics Limitedearnings
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Amanta Healthcare Limitedearnings
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Aptech Limitedearnings
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Arisinfra Solutions Limitedearnings
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Asahi India Glass Limitedearnings
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Aster DM Quality Care Limitedearnings
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Brigade Hotel Ventures Limitedearnings
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Cummins India Limitedearnings
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Educational market commentary only. Not SEBI-registered investment advice.