Daily Brief · Pre-Market · 08:20 IST🟢 Risk-on

GIFT Nifty points to a positive open as crude stays firm

GIFT Nifty is up 0.66% and global equities are higher, while Brent and WTI are firmer and VIX is at 11.25.

Watch: ARIES: Dividend - Rs 1.50 Per Share/Special Dividend - Re 1 Per Share BEML: Dividend - Rs 12.28 Per Share DECCANCE: Dividend - Re 0.50 Per Share⚔ 23,400.00 = max-pain pivot

Why the tape looks like this

Gift Nifty at 23,454.50 (+0.66%) — firm open signalled

S&P closed +1.49%, Nikkei +1.38% — that's the overnight handoff Indian futures are pricing.

Options pin the tape at 23,400

PCR 1.47 (put-writer edge), spot 23,414.30. Writers own 23,400–23,500.

Brent $97.03 (+0.82%) · USD/INR 95.81

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

Global Cues

Overnight context

S&P 5007,765+1.5%

Dow52,049+0.7%

Nasdaq27,122+2.3%

FTSE 10010,739+0.7%

DAX25,575+1.1%

Nikkei65,019+1.4%

KOSPI7,124+1.7%

Hang Seng25,184+0.6%

Shanghai3,964+0.3%

Brent97.03+0.8%

WTI92.96+0.6%

Gold4,391+0.2%

USD/INR95.80.0%

DXY100.39−0.0%

US 10Y4.96−0.7%

Bitcoin85,800−0.9%

Ethereum2,744−1.2%

India VIX 11.25

Options Board

2026-09-22 expiry

PCR

1.47

put-writer edge

Max Pain

23,400

Spot

23,414.30

Put Wall

23,400

support

Call Wall

23,500

resistance

Open interest by strike

as of 15:44 IST

23,15023,20023,25023,30023,35023,40023,45023,50023,55023,60023,650

Call OI · resistance Put OI · supportATM 23,400

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Day Ahead

Results · macro · corporate actions

Macro & corporate actions

—ARIES: Dividend - Rs 1.50 Per Share/Special Dividend - Re 1 Per Sharecorp action

—BEML: Dividend - Rs 12.28 Per Sharecorp action

—DECCANCE: Dividend - Re 0.50 Per Sharecorp action

—HINDCOMPOS: Dividend - Rs 2 Per Sharecorp action

—AMBIKCO: Dividend - Rs 37 Per Sharecorp action

—GOCLCORP: Dividend - Rs 30 Per Sharecorp action

—NLCINDIA: Dividend - Re 0.25 Per Sharecorp action

—LFIC: Dividend - Rs 2.50 Per Sharecorp action

—PARAGMILK: Dividend - Rs 1.10 Per Sharecorp action

—TERASOFT: Dividend - Rs 1.20 Per Sharecorp action

—LAMBODHARA: Dividend - Re 0.50 Per Sharecorp action

—REPCOHOME: Dividend - Rs 3 Per Sharecorp action

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