Daily Brief · Closing Bell · 17:05 IST🔴 Risk-off

Crude, not cues, is steering the late-session tone

Nifty futures stayed below spot while crude held firm and global risk was mostly softer. Options and flows point to a market still waiting for confirmation rather than conviction.

Watch:18:00 Core CPI m/m18:00 Core CPI y/y18:00 CPI m/m⚔ 24,400.00 = max-pain pivot

Why the tape looks like this

FII cash +₹259 cr vs DII +₹25 cr

Foreign buying met by domestic buying — net +₹283 cr on the session.

Options pin the tape at 24,400

PCR 0.75 (call-writer edge), spot 24,435.95. PCR has moved 0.81 → 0.75 since the open.

Financial Products Distributor leads (+0.95%), Plastic Products - Industrial lags

14 of 14 sector groups are positive — breadth backs the move.

Global Cues

Overnight context

S&P 5007,728−0.3%

Dow53,792−0.3%

Nasdaq26,445−0.6%

FTSE 10010,852+0.1%

DAX26,532+0.5%

Nikkei67,524+0.8%

KOSPI6,579+3.7%

Hang Seng25,440−0.8%

Shanghai3,947−0.5%

Brent88.97+0.1%

WTI83.43+0.3%

Gold4,471+0.7%

USD/INR95.3−0.1%

DXY99.84+0.0%

US 10Y4.68−0.3%

Bitcoin64,121+0.9%

Ethereum1,911+1.6%

India VIX 11.69

Options Board

EOD wrap

PCR

0.81 → 0.75

call-writer edge

Max Pain

24,400

Spot

24,435.95

Open interest by strike

as of 15:44 IST

24,20024,25024,30024,35024,40024,45024,50024,55024,60024,65024,700

Call OI · resistance Put OI · supportATM 24,450

Institutional Flows

Provisional · cash market

FII CASH

+₹259 cr

DII CASH

+₹25 cr

NET

+₹283 cr

domestic cushion held

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