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Index Activity
intraday + Gift live
Today's range
23,400–23,900
Bias
Cautious · peace-trade watch
Last close
23,654
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India Snapshot
21 May 2026 · close
Nifty 50Flat close · bears cap at 23,800
23,654
▼ -0.02% -4
SensexProfit booking · IT + FMCG led losses
77,800
▼ -0.17% -135
Bank NiftyFII financial outflows · NIM pressure
52,800
▼ -0.23% -123
Gift Nifty● Live
23,700
▲ +0.19% +46
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Overnight World
d/d · pre-open
S&P 500 Futures7,485.75
▲ 0.6%Risk-on overnight · Iran talk optimism
Dow Futures50,502.00
▲ 1.0%Post-Iran-diplomacy bid
Nasdaq Futures29,577.25
▲ 0.7%AI capex sentiment · SoftBank +12%
Brent Crude104.86
▼ 0.9%Hormuz day 83 · SPR release active
Dollar Index99.23
▲ 0.0%Near flat · Iran-deal ambiguity
USD/INR96.19
▲ 0.0%Stale overnight print · RBI intervention
Nikkei 22562,816.95
▲ 1.8%BOJ hike case weakened · yen soft
Hang Seng25,386.52
▼ 1.0%China National Team ETF exit 90%
KOSPI7,870.32
▲ 0.8%Samsung strike suspended · memory bid
ASX 2008,651.70
▲ 0.3%Commodities steady · mild risk-on
India VIX17.82
▼ 2.7%Options premium compressing · Friday
Gold (Comex)4,488
▼ 47.0 bpsFirm dollar · rate-hike simmering
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Key Developments
post-close → pre-open
OIL
Iran insists on retaining enriched uranium — Hormuz peace talks stall
OMC · Aviation
IEA flags oil 'red zone' by July; Brent stays above $104 into summer demand peak.
FLOW
FII pulled ₹17,960 cr from financials in first half of May alone
Banks · NBFCs
Structural rotation, not one session; Bank Nifty NIM and rate-hike risk compound outflow.
EARN
Nykaa Q4 profit +286%, GAIL PAT −41% — earnings season splits sharply
Sector read
Consumer internet re-rates upward; PSU gas exposed to global energy headwinds.
RBI
RBI runs three VRR tenors plus forex swap — liquidity tighter than framing suggests
Bonds · Banks
₹32,000 cr G-Sec supply today pressures benchmark yields and bank HTM portfolios.
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Levels to Watch
technical
Nifty Support
23,600
break → Opens path to 23,200 Mar low retest
Nifty Resistance
23,800
break → Clears call-writing ceiling; targets 24,050 war-cycle band
BNF Support
52,500
break → Triggers FII financial unwind acceleration
BNF Resistance
53,200
break → Signals NIM fear priced in; targets 53,800
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Sectors
buy · sell · watch
▲ Buying
Oil & Gas (Upstream)
ONGC, Oil India — Brent $104 sustains peak upstream PAT; war overhang is their tailwind.
Consumer Internet
Nykaa +286% PAT signals structural GMV recovery; sector re-rate underway on results.
▼ Selling
Aviation
IndiGo, Air India — ATF costs compound at Brent $104; Hormuz day 83 = no relief yet.
OMCs
HPCL, BPCL, IOC — under-recovery arithmetic worsens above $85/bbl; margin compression deepens.
IT
Nifty IT −164 pts Thursday; Nvidia's China concession dims AI-capex sentiment for exporters.
⟷ Watching
Banking & Financials
FII outflows hit financials hardest; RBI rate-hike risk directly compresses NIM for private banks.
FMCG
FMCG −257 pts Thursday; ITC base-effect distortion clouds sector earnings optics this quarter.
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Stocks in Focus
3 today
NYKAA
▲
Q4 PAT +286% to ₹78 cr; revenue +28% to ₹2,648 cr — consumer internet re-rate signal, not a blip.
GAIL
dn
FY26 PAT −39% YoY to ₹7,582 cr; Hormuz LNG disruption ~10 Bcf/d squeezes volumes and margins structurally.
INDUSINDBK
fl
Moody's Ba1 reaffirmation is sub-investment grade — FII mandate-constrained ownership limits further upside near-term.
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Today's Calendar
events · IST
09:15 ISTIndian market open — Gift Nifty +46 pts gap watchGap holds = cautious positive; fades = 23,600 test
10:30 ISTRBI ₹32,000 cr G-Sec underwriting auctionStrong bid = yield stable; weak = 10Y rises, banks pressured
All dayIran uranium-retention news flow watchSoftening = Brent drops, OMC/Aviation reversal; hardening = war-overhang resumes
Post-marketCentral Bank of India OFS floor-price openingGovernment supply overhang — PSU bank sector sentiment read
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Flows & VIX
liquidity
FII · today
-₹1,891 cr
₹17,960 cr financials exit in May first half — structural, not tactical.
DII · trend
+₹2,492 cr
SIP floor absorbing FII supply<br>net domestic surplus ~₹601 cr Thursday.
India VIX
17.82
▼ 0.5% d/d
Friday premium compression — directional bets expensive to hold overnight.
Calm <15
Mod 15–20
Elev 20–25
Fear >25