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MORNING BRIEF
Markets · Logistics · Technology · Startups · Three lines worth keeping
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
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Before the open
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NIFTY 50 last closed at 24,219.05 (-0.14%). |
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Institutional flows: FII +1,182 Cr; DII +2,493 Cr. |
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Overnight US: S&P 500 (SPY) -0.29%; Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) -1.00%. |
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Macro moves: BTC +4.23%; TQQQ -3.03%. |
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Where things stand
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India
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| Index |
Close |
Change |
| NIFTY 50 |
24,219.05 |
-0.14% |
| BankNIFTY |
57,525.95 |
-0.41% |
| India VIX |
11.70 |
+4.46% |
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Overnight
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| Index |
Close |
Change |
| S&P 500 (SPY) |
763.47 |
-0.29% |
| Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) |
706.32 |
-1.00% |
| S&P Futures |
71.25 |
+1.48% |
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CRUDE (USO)
132.21
-1.80%
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GOLD
4,654.48
+0.05%
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USD/INR
95.74
-0.03%
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TQQQ
$69.01
-3.03%
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BTC
$80,704
+4.23%
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ETH
$2,513
+2.70%
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| Leading |
Metal
+1.59%Realty
+0.60%
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| Lagging |
PSU Bank
-0.93%Media
-0.58%
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Worth reading
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Markets
Dollar lost ground as Treasury announced expanded Iran sanctions and Treasury Secretary Bessent pledged buyback support for longer-dated yields.
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Technology
Apple Inc. is gearing up to launch a new version of its Mac mini desktop computer for the first time in almost two years, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Startups
SEC subpoenaed banks that worked with Situational Awareness hedge fund after the AI-focused firm lost billions in July stock downturn.
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Logistics
Trump announced 50% tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, auto parts, and steel effective January 1 after trade negotiations broke down Friday.
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Also on the radar
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Markets
Gold reached highest level since May 14 as Treasury buyback announcement drove buying, with PCE inflation data and Warsh speech coming this week.
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Three lines to think about
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| Practice |
Three forces drive any decision: clarity, restlessness, inertia. Name the one behind yours. |
| Leverage |
Do not scale a relationship faster than you have tested it. |
| Signal |
When two credible sources disagree, the disagreement is the finding — go read what generated it. |
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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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