Daily Brief · Pre-Market · 08:20 IST⚡ Mixed

Flat start likely as Gift Nifty rises on firm crude and yield worry

Gift Nifty is up +0.37% at 24,290.5, while Brent is at $93.79, the US 10Y is at 4.696, and VIX is 10.76.

Watch: ECLERX: Dividend - Re 1 Per Share AMARJOTHI: Dividend - Rs 2.20 Per Share RAJPALAYAM: Dividend - Re 0.50 Per Share24,250.00 = max-pain pivot

Why the tape looks like this

1

Gift Nifty at 24,290.50 (+0.37%)firm open signalled

S&P closed −0.87%, Nikkei −0.31% — that's the overnight handoff Indian futures are pricing.

2

Options pin the tape at 24,250

PCR 1.10 (put-writer edge), spot 24,231.85. Writers own 24,000–24,500.

3

Brent $93.79 (+0.01%) · USD/INR 95.70

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

Global Cues

Overnight context

Equities · US & Europe

S&P 5007,641.16−0.87%
Dow52,759.21−1.32%
Nasdaq26,067.17−1.00%
FTSE 10010,748.16+0.04%
DAX25,983.04−0.42%

Equities · Asia

Nikkei66,008.45−0.31%
KOSPI6,909.85+0.84%
Hang Seng25,885.92+0.73%
Shanghai3,900.03−0.09%

Commodities · FX · Rates

Brent93.79+0.01%
WTI86.71−0.14%
Gold4,587.00+0.34%
USD/INR95.700.00%
DXY98.73−0.17%
US 10Y4.70+0.92%
Bitcoin74,482.97+2.01%
Ethereum2,349.70+0.99%

India VIX 10.76

Options Board

2026-08-25 expiry

PCR

1.10

put-writer edge

Max Pain

24,250

Spot

24,231.85

Put Wall

24,000

support

Call Wall

24,500

resistance

Open interest by strike

as of 15:44 IST
24,00024,05024,10024,15024,20024,25024,30024,35024,40024,45024,500
Call OI · resistance Put OI · supportATM 24,250

Key Developments

Overnight & pre-open

Day Ahead

Results · macro · corporate actions

Macro & corporate actions

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all day
ECLERX: Dividend - Re 1 Per Sharecorp action
low
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AMARJOTHI: Dividend - Rs 2.20 Per Sharecorp action
low
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RAJPALAYAM: Dividend - Re 0.50 Per Sharecorp action
low
all day
JINDALSTEL: Dividend - Rs 2 Per Sharecorp action
low
all day
OMAXAUTO: Dividend - Rs 2.50 Per Sharecorp action
low
all day
KSE: Dividend - Rs 7.50 Per Sharecorp action
low
all day
JSL: Dividend - Rs 3 Per Sharecorp action
low
all day
SURYAROSNI: Dividend - Rs 2.50 Per Sharecorp action
low
all day
SIYSIL: Scheme Of Arrangement - Bonus Ncrps 3:1corp action
low
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ZENTEC: Dividend - Re 1 Per Sharecorp action
low
all day
VISHNU: Dividend - Re 0.30 Per Sharecorp action
low
all day
SHRADHA: Dividend - Re 0.60 Per Sharecorp action
low

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