🌅 Pre-Market Update 🌟
📉 Global Cues: Wall Street ended lower, while U.S. stock futures remained largely muted.
🇺🇸 U.S. Markets:
🔹 Dow Jones futures ⬆️ 48 pts
🔹 S&P 500 futures ⬆️ less than 0.1%
🔹 Nasdaq-100 futures ➡️ little changed
🔹 In August, S&P 500 ⬆️ 2.6%, Nasdaq ⬆️ 3.9% and Dow Jones ⬆️ 1.3%
🌏 Asian Markets:
🔹 Nikkei 225 ⬇️ 0.91%
🔹 Topix ➡️ largely unchanged
🔹 Kospi and Kosdaq ⬇️ more than 1%
🔹 S&P/ASX 200 ⬇️ 0.36%
🔹 Renewed U.S.-Iran tensions and Middle East risks weighed on sentiment.
✨ GIFT Nifty: Trading around 24,195, down nearly 41 points, signalling a weak start for Indian markets. 📉
📊 Yesterday’s Indian Markets:
🔹 Sensex ⬇️ 307.24 pts, or 0.40%, to 76,957.27
🔹 Nifty 50 ⬇️ 95.25 pts, or 0.39%, to 24,080.40
🔹 Selling pressure was seen in utility, IT and FMCG stocks.
🛢️ Oil Prices:
🔹 Brent crude: USD 91.05 ⬆️ 0.35%
🔹 WTI crude: USD 86.59 ⬆️ 0.13%
🔹 Brent had gained 2.7% in the previous session.
⚠️ Higher crude prices could pressure India's inflation, rupee and external balances.
⚔️ Geopolitical Risk:
🔹 Renewed U.S.-Iran military tensions remain a key market risk.
🔹 The Strait of Hormuz is under close watch as concerns over oil supply disruptions increase.
🇮🇳 India GDP Update:
🔹 Real GDP growth: 7.8% in Q1 FY27 vs 6.9% YoY
🔹 Q4 FY26 growth: 8.6%
🔹 Manufacturing ⬆️ 9.2%
🔹 Services ⬆️ 10%
🔹 Real GVA ⬆️ 8.2%
🔹 Nominal GDP ⬆️ 10.3%
💸 FII/DII Activity (August 31):
🔹 FII: Sold Rs 7,985 Cr 😟
🔹 DII: Bought Rs 4,589 Cr 🤑
💱 Rupee: The Indian rupee ended August near a four-week high against the U.S. dollar and recorded a monthly gain, supported by inflows and RBI intervention.
📈 Key Events Today:
🔹 India's August manufacturing PMI
🔹 Monthly automobile sales
🔹 Crude oil and rupee movement
🔹 Institutional flows
🔹 Developments in the Middle East
🚫 F&O Ban Today: SAIL and LIC Housing Finance
👀 Stocks in Focus: SAIL, LIC Housing Finance and automobile stocks
📌 Market View: Indian equities may open cautiously as rising crude prices and renewed U.S.-Iran tensions create fresh macro risks. Strong Q1 FY27 GDP growth provides a positive domestic backdrop.
Let’s see how the markets react! 📊✨
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