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Markets Today

Nifty opened flat at 24,342, tracking mixed global cues despite some relief from cooling oil prices, with Brent crude falling back towards the $86-per-barrel range. The index initially moved higher, briefly climbing towards 24,370–24,375 in the opening hour, but the gains quickly faded as selling pressure emerged. Nifty slipped towards 24,300 by around 10:15 AM before attempting a modest recovery towards 24,330.

However, the recovery failed to sustain, and the index resumed its gradual decline through the remainder of the first half, falling below 24,300 and moving towards the 24,270–24,280 zone by noon.

The second half remained largely subdued and range-bound, with Nifty spending much of the session between 24,260 and 24,290. A brief recovery after 2:30 PM took the index close to 24,295, but it again struggled to build momentum and slipped back towards 24,275. The index remained around these levels heading into the close before a sharp fall during the closing auction session dragged Nifty down to 24,207.75, near the day's low and roughly 135 points below its opening level.

Sectoral Indices Performance

Winners & Losers

Commodities

FII / DII Flows

Here’s the trend of FII-DII activity from the last 5 days:

Thematic Indices

Tijori’s niche indices, where today’s move sorts pockets of the market beyond standard sector baskets. You can also track promoter buying and other interesting stuff, like Capex activity by the companies in the Tijori App’s idea dashboard

Change in OI for the day

The following is the change in OI for Nifty contracts expiring on 1st September:

The maximum Call Open Interest (OI) is observed at 24,500, followed by 24,400 & 24,500, indicating potential resistance at the 24,400- 24,500 levels.
The maximum Put Open Interest (OI) is observed at 24,200, followed by 24,300, suggesting support at 24,200-24,100.

Note: OI is subject to multiple interpretations; however, generally, an increase in Call OI indicates resistance in a falling market, while an increase in Put OI indicates support in a rising market.

Source: Sensibull

Management Chatter

In this section, we highlight interesting comments from management at major companies and from policymakers in the Indian and Global Economies.

Philipp Navratil, Global CEO of Nestle on Indian market & growth potential:

“Emerging markets have been driving growth for Nestle across the board, and India is leading the pack. In the first half of CY2026, India was the highest performing market in terms of growth. It is among the top ten markets for us, and it is becoming among the top five markets on the horizon.”
“Structurally in India, there is long-term growth potential with a large number of consumers that will move into the middle class, growing urbanization, and growing access to brands at both the premium spectrum and the value-conscious spectrum.....As we continue to focus on volume-led growth, we will invest in India not only in production capabilities but also in R&D, developing talent, driving business services and IT and ITES services for us.” - Link

Corporate Actions & Events

Corporate Actions

Published by Zerodha. Not investment advice. Data from NSE, BSE, and MCX.

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