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

Gift Nifty up 0.71%; Brent near 101, Dollar index at 102.04

Pre-market cues are firm after a green global lead, with Shanghai up 0.31%, Brent at $101.43 and Gift Nifty at 22,807.5. Nifty options show PCR at 1.13, max pain at 22,700, with 24,000 CE wall and 21,500 PE wall.

Watch:23:30 FOMC Meeting Minutes PTC: Dividend - Rs 5.50 Per Share⚔ 22,700.00 = max-pain pivot

Why the tape looks like this

Gift Nifty at 22,807.50 (+0.71%) — firm open signalled

S&P closed +0.58%, Nikkei −0.86% — that's the overnight handoff Indian futures are pricing.

Options pin the tape at 22,700

PCR 1.13 (put-writer edge), spot 22,776.10. Writers own 21,500–24,000.

Brent $101.43 (+0.85%) · USD/INR 96.36

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

Global Cues

Overnight context

S&P 5007,819+0.6%

Dow51,521+0.5%

Nasdaq27,600+0.4%

FTSE 10010,542+0.4%

DAX25,449+0.8%

Nikkei70,074−0.9%

KOSPI6,868−1.1%

Hang Seng24,148−0.5%

Shanghai3,842+0.3%

Brent101.43+0.8%

WTI90.25+0.9%

Gold4,172−0.4%

USD/INR96.40.0%

DXY102.04+0.2%

US 10Y5.27−0.8%

Bitcoin83,874−2.0%

Ethereum2,615−3.1%

India VIX 13.61

Options Board

2026-10-13 expiry

PCR

1.13

put-writer edge

Max Pain

22,700

Spot

22,776.10

Put Wall

21,500

support

Call Wall

24,000

resistance

Open interest by strike

as of 15:44 IST

22,55022,60022,65022,70022,75022,80022,85022,90022,95023,00023,050

Call OI · resistance Put OI · supportATM 22,800

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Day Ahead

Results · macro · corporate actions

Macro & corporate actions

23:30FOMC Meeting Minutesmacro

—PTC: Dividend - Rs 5.50 Per Sharecorp action

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