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Daily Brief · Pre-Market · 08:20 IST🔴 Risk-off

Negative start likely as Gift Nifty slips and crude stays firm

Gift Nifty is down 0.19% at 24,236, while Brent is at 89.05 and WTI at 86.73. Asian cues are weak, with Shanghai down 0.21%, Hang Seng down 1.27% and Nikkei down 0.39%.

Watch:19:30 ISM Manufacturing PMI19:30 ISM Manufacturing Prices19:30 JOLTS Job Openings⚔ 24,100.00 = max-pain pivot

Why the tape looks like this

1

Gift Nifty at 24,236.00 (−0.19%) — soft open signalled

S&P closed −0.33%, Nikkei −0.39% — that's the overnight handoff Indian futures are pricing.

2

Options pin the tape at 24,100

PCR 0.81 (call-writer edge), spot 24,080.40. Writers own 24,000–24,500.

3

Brent $89.05 (+0.77%) · USD/INR 95.15

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

Global Cues

Overnight context
S&P 5007,686−0.3%
Dow53,186−0.7%
Nasdaq26,371−0.1%
FTSE 10010,824+0.3%
DAX26,258−1.2%
Nikkei66,050−0.4%
KOSPI6,776−0.6%
Hang Seng25,243−1.3%
Shanghai3,978−0.2%
Brent89.05+0.8%
WTI86.73+1.1%
Gold4,484+0.1%
USD/INR95.20.0%
DXY99.49+0.1%
US 10Y4.76+0.8%
Bitcoin78,386−0.2%
Ethereum2,462−0.2%

India VIX 11.19

Options Board

2026-09-01 expiry

PCR

0.81

call-writer edge

Max Pain

24,100

Spot

24,080.40

Put Wall

24,000

support

Call Wall

24,500

resistance

Open interest by strike

as of 15:44 IST
23,85023,90023,95024,00024,05024,10024,15024,20024,25024,30024,350
Call OI · resistance Put OI · supportATM 24,100

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Day Ahead

Results · macro · corporate actions

Macro & corporate actions

17
19:30ISM Manufacturing PMImacro
19:30ISM Manufacturing Pricesmacro
19:30JOLTS Job Openingsmacro
—AKCAPIT: Interim Dividend - Rs 12 Per Sharecorp action
—GARFIBRES: Dividend - Re 1 Per Sharecorp action
—CCL: Dividend - Rs 3 Per Sharecorp action
—BENGALASM: Dividend - Rs 50 Per Sharecorp action
—AEROENTER: Dividend - Re 0.40 Per Sharecorp action
—ALIVUS: Dividend - Rs 5 Per Sharecorp action
—VADILENT: Dividend - Rs 1.50 Per Sharecorp action
—ORIRAIL: Dividend - Re 0.10 Per Sharecorp action
—SUPRAJIT: Dividend - Rs 2 Per Sharecorp action

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