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

Gift Nifty points to a firm start; Brent and WTI slip

Gift Nifty is up 1.05% before the open, while Brent and WTI are lower. Overseas cues are mixed, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq higher and Hang Seng softer.

Watch:19:30 CB Consumer Confidence LTTS: Interim Dividend - Rs 20 Per Share ANANTAM: Distribution - Rs 2.75 Per Unit Consist Of Re 0.60821 Per Unit As Interest/ Re 0.34940 Per Unit As Dividend/ Rs 1.78940 Per Unit As Capital Repayment/Re 0.00299 Per Unit As Other Income⚔ 22,750.00 = max-pain pivot

Why the tape looks like this

Gift Nifty at 22,771.50 (+1.05%) — firm open signalled

S&P closed +0.70%, Nikkei +1.92% — that's the overnight handoff Indian futures are pricing.

Options pin the tape at 22,750

PCR 1.13 (put-writer edge), spot 22,753.20. Writers own 22,500–23,000.

Brent $109.65 (−0.98%) · USD/INR 95.18

Softer crude eases the import bill and OMC marketing margins.

Global Cues

Overnight context

S&P 5007,677+0.7%

Dow52,362+0.3%

Nasdaq26,169+0.8%

FTSE 10010,767+0.7%

DAX25,411+0.9%

Nikkei63,381+1.9%

KOSPI5,685+3.9%

Hang Seng23,172−0.2%

Shanghai3,697−0.0%

Brent109.65−1.0%

WTI100.83−0.9%

Gold4,027−0.3%

USD/INR95.20.0%

DXY102.04+0.1%

US 10Y4.99−0.0%

Bitcoin79,808−0.3%

Ethereum2,315−0.3%

India VIX 17.16

Options Board

2026-10-27 expiry

PCR

1.13

put-writer edge

Max Pain

22,750

Spot

22,753.20

Put Wall

22,500

support

Call Wall

23,000

resistance

Open interest by strike

as of 15:44 IST

22,50022,55022,60022,65022,70022,75022,80022,85022,90022,95023,000

Call OI · resistance Put OI · supportATM 22,750

Key Developments

Overnight & pre-open

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Day Ahead

Results · macro · corporate actions

Macro & corporate actions

19:30CB Consumer Confidencemacro

—LTTS: Interim Dividend - Rs 20 Per Sharecorp action

—ANANTAM: Distribution - Rs 2.75 Per Unit Consist Of Re 0.60821 Per Unit As Interest/ Re 0.34940 Per Unit As Dividend/ Rs 1.78940 Per Unit As Capital Repayment/Re 0.00299 Per Unit As Other Incomecorp action

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