📊 STOCK MARKET TODAY
🗓 All You Need To Know Before Trade | Sept 7, 2026
🌅 Good Morning, Investors!
Here’s your complete pre-market setup for Monday, September 7, covering GIFT Nifty, Asian markets, commodities, Indian market recap and US markets.
🟢 1. GIFT NIFTY CHECK
📉 GIFT Nifty: 23,999.50
🔻 Down 48.60 points
GIFT Nifty indicated a weak opening for Indian equities, despite gains across most Asian markets.
⚠️ Investors remain cautious amid renewed US-Iran military tensions, with concerns over energy supplies and the Strait of Hormuz remaining in focus.
🌏 2. ASIAN MARKETS CHECK
Asian markets opened broadly higher on Monday, although geopolitical tensions in the Middle East continued to keep investors cautious.
🇰🇷 KOSPI: +3.18%
🇯🇵 Nikkei 225: +2.03%
🇦🇺 S&P/ASX 200: +0.36%
🇭🇰 Hang Seng: Little changed
🇨🇳 Shanghai Composite: Little changed
💡 Market Trigger:
Strength in US chipmakers such as Micron Technology and AMD on Friday helped improve sentiment across Asian markets.
🛢 3. COMMODITY CHECK
🔥 Brent Crude: $96.57/barrel
📈 Up 0.75%
Oil prices remained elevated, with Brent crude hovering near the $97/barrel mark.
📌 Brent gained nearly 8% last week, as concerns over oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz continued.
⛽️ OPEC+ Update:
OPEC+ kept its October oil output policy unchanged at its Sunday meeting and said further decisions will depend on agreement over new production quotas.
🇮🇳 4. INDIAN MARKET RECAP
📈 Indian equities ended higher on Friday, supported by buying in:
💻 IT
🏢 Realty
⚡️ Energy
📊 Sensex: Above 76,600
📈 Gain: Over 500 points / 0.7%
📊 Nifty 50: Above 23,900
📈 Gain: Over 0.2%
🏦 Bank Nifty: Above 57,500
👉 Strong global cues supported buying across key sectors.
🇺🇸 5. US MARKET RECAP
Wall Street started Friday's session on a mixed note after US employment data showed stronger-than-expected job growth in August, while the unemployment rate remained steady.
📉 S&P 500: -0.38% → 7,718.60
📉 Dow Jones: -0.51% → 53,414.25
📉 Nasdaq: -0.29% → 26,506.99
📅 US Market Holiday:
🇺🇸 Wall Street remains closed on Monday for Labour Day.
⚠️ 6. KEY THINGS TO WATCH TODAY
🔸 GIFT Nifty signals a weak opening
🔸 Crude oil remains elevated
🔸 US-Iran tensions remain a key risk
🔸 Strait of Hormuz developments could impact energy prices
🔸 Asian markets are mostly positive
🔸 US markets are closed today
📌 Bottom Line:
The domestic market may see a cautious start, with global cues, crude prices and geopolitical developments likely to influence today's trading session.
