Daily Brief · Midday · 12:40 IST🔴 Risk-off

Crude and global risk-off press Nifty support

Gift Nifty points lower, Brent stays firm, and Nifty options still lean defensive with 0.59 PCR.

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

1

Financial Products Distributor leads (+0.67%), Sanitary Ware lags

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

2

Options pin the tape at 24,400

PCR 0.59 (call-writer edge), spot 24,291.05. PCR has moved 0.81 → 0.59 since the open.

3

Sensex crashes 600 points, Nifty nears 24,250; investors lose ₹3 lakh crore; key factors behind market selloff explained

The Sensex dropped more than 650 points, or 0.80%, to an intraday low of 77,498, while the NSE counterpart Nifty 50 decl

Options Board

Shift since open

PCR

0.81 → 0.59

call-writer edge

Max Pain

24,400

Spot

24,291.05

Open interest by strike

as of 12:40 IST
24,05024,10024,15024,20024,25024,30024,35024,40024,45024,50024,550
Call OI · resistance Put OI · supportATM 24,300

Key Developments

Since the open

Still to Come

Results · macro · corporate actions

Macro & corporate actions

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18:00Core CPI m/mmacro
18:00Core CPI y/ymacro
18:00CPI m/mmacro
18:00CPI y/ymacro
—KCP: Interim Dividend - Re 0.50 Per Sharecorp action
—SANDUMA: Dividend - Rs 0.50 Per Sharecorp action
—NEAGI: Dividend - Rs 20 Per Sharecorp action
—INDPRUD: Dividend - Rs 120 Per Sharecorp action
—UNIPARTS: Interim Dividend - Rs 9 Per Sharecorp action
—NHIT: Distribution - Rs 3.187 Per Unit Consisting Of Rs 3.179 Per Unit As Interest & Re 0.008 Per Unit As Other Incomecorp action
—CAMS: Interim Dividend - Rs 2.50 Per Sharecorp action
—HGINFRA: Dividend - Rs 2 Per Sharecorp action

Educational market commentary only. Not SEBI-registered investment advice.