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Morning Brief
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| Friday, 18 September 2026 |
| Markets · Logistics · Technology · Startups · Three lines worth keeping |
| Indian shares rose 0.23% even as foreign investors sold ₹3,209 crore. US stocks rose overnight. Top story: Gold rises slightly on lower oil prices, subdued dollar. |
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Before the open
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India's NIFTY 50 rose 0.23%, closing at 23,270.60. |
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Foreign investors (FIIs) sold ₹3,209 crore of Indian shares; domestic institutions (DIIs) bought ₹3,618 crore. |
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In the US overnight, the S&P 500 rose 1.13% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 1.73%. |
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Elsewhere, Ether rose 1.58% and Bitcoin rose 0.86%. |
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Foreign investors have been selling Indian shares for 7 sessions in a row. |
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Where things stand
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India |
| NIFTY 50 |
23,270.60 |
+0.23% |
| BankNIFTY |
56,055.75 |
-0.42% |
| India VIX (fear gauge) |
12.14 |
-7.82% |
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Overnight |
| S&P 500 (SPY) |
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+1.13% |
| Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) |
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+1.73% |
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CRUDE (USO)
-0.55%
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GOLD
4,352.21
+0.24%
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USD/INR
95.84
-0.03%
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BTC
$76,739
+0.86%
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ETH
$2,455
+1.58%
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| The S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100 and crude oil are measured through funds that track them, so only their daily moves are shown. |
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Worth reading
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Markets · 1 min
Spot gold up 0.3% to $4,352.60 per ounce as weaker dollar offset Fed rate-hike expectations.
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Technology
Waymo will launch paid robotaxi service in Singapore in 2028.
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Startups · 2 min
Mazama Energy raised $135 million Series B to develop geothermal wells targeting 750°F heat at 15,000 feet depth.
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Logistics · 2 min
CBP begins processing IEEPA tariff refunds for finally liquidated entries starting October 6 via CAPE portal.
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Markets · 2 min
Yen weakened ahead of BOJ rate hike expected to reach highest level in over three decades.
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Three lines to think about
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Practice |
Doubt left unexamined destroys more work than any competitor. |
Leverage |
Make your dependencies explicit before somebody else discovers them. |
Signal |
A second source is worth more than the first only if it is genuinely independent. |
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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 |