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.
Why the tape looks like this
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.
Options pin the tape at 24,250
PCR 1.10 (put-writer edge), spot 24,231.85. Writers own 24,000–24,500.
Brent $93.79 (+0.01%) · USD/INR 95.70
Crude and the rupee set the imported-inflation backdrop for rate expectations.
Global Cues
Overnight contextEquities · US & Europe
Equities · Asia
Commodities · FX · Rates
India VIX 10.76
Options Board
2026-08-25 expiryPCR
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
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