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MORNING BRIEF
Markets · Logistics · Technology · Startups · Three lines worth keeping
Thursday, 20 August 2026
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Before the open
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NIFTY 50 last closed at 24,078.30 (-0.32%). |
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Institutional flows: FII +408 Cr; DII +3,974 Cr. |
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Overnight US: S&P 500 (SPY) +0.21%; Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) -0.20%. |
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Macro moves: ETH +18.47%; BTC +8.14%. |
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Where things stand
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India
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| Index |
Close |
Change |
| NIFTY 50 |
24,078.30 |
-0.32% |
| BankNIFTY |
57,239.75 |
-0.04% |
| India VIX |
11.32 |
-0.61% |
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Overnight
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| Index |
Close |
Change |
| S&P 500 (SPY) |
769.06 |
+0.21% |
| Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) |
716.08 |
-0.20% |
| S&P Futures |
71.99 |
-0.32% |
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CRUDE (USO)
130.91
+0.19%
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GOLD
4,497.59
-0.57%
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USD/INR
95.60
-0.02%
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TQQQ
$72.06
-0.65%
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BTC
$69,582
+8.14%
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ETH
$2,265
+18.47%
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Leading
IT
+0.73%Consumer
+0.03%
Lagging
Media
-0.91%FMCG
-0.55%
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Worth reading
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Markets
Nifty 50 extended losing streak to seven consecutive sessions, longest since September 2025, pressured by West Asian conflict and high crude oil prices.
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Startups
Stripe paid $7.5 billion to buy OpenRouter, up from $1.3 billion valuation in May, outbidding other interested parties.
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Technology
An Apple Inc. effort to sell camera-equipped AirPods remains on track for 2027, despite a leak from the company indicating that the product might arrive sooner.
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Logistics
Home Depot launched nationwide express delivery in three hours or less for thousands of SKUs using 2,000+ stores as fulfillment hubs.
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Also on the radar
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Markets
Tier-2 IT firms outpaced Tier-1 with 1.8% Q-o-Q growth versus 0.4%, led by Coforge's 22.3% growth in Q1FY27.
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Three lines to think about
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| Practice |
What is night to most is waking hours to the disciplined. Advantage lives in the time others discard. |
| Leverage |
Say no early. A late no always costs more than an early one. |
| Signal |
Write down the number you expect before you look it up. |
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Market data: NSE India, Twelve Data, Yahoo Finance and CoinGecko. Headlines from public RSS feeds; titles link to their original sources. Story blurbs are drafted by Claude from the linked articles — all figures above come from the data sources, not the model. Personal research note; not investment advice.
Udit Kakar · Morning Brief · Research, not investment advice
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