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MORNING BRIEF
Markets · Logistics · Technology · Startups · Three lines worth keeping
Friday, 28 August 2026
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Before the open
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NIFTY 50 last closed at 24,090.85 (-0.48%). |
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Institutional flows: FII -298 Cr; DII +4,977 Cr. |
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Overnight US: S&P 500 (SPY) +0.66%; Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) +1.37%. |
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Macro moves: TQQQ +4.02%; Crude (USO) +2.09%. |
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Where things stand
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India
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| Index |
Close |
Change |
| NIFTY 50 |
24,090.85 |
-0.48% |
| BankNIFTY |
57,509.95 |
-0.47% |
| India VIX |
11.10 |
+5.01% |
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Overnight
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| Index |
Close |
Change |
| S&P 500 (SPY) |
771.10 |
+0.66% |
| Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) |
721.11 |
+1.37% |
| S&P Futures |
70.92 |
-1.05% |
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CRUDE (USO)
130.01
+2.09%
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GOLD
4,581.96
-0.42%
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USD/INR
95.55
+0.05%
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TQQQ
$73.30
+4.02%
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BTC
$80,057
+1.60%
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ETH
$2,498
-0.06%
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| Leading |
Pharma
+0.84%Healthcare
+0.73%
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| Lagging |
PSU Bank
-0.94%Media
-0.89%
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Worth reading
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Startups
Mark your calendars: on Thursday night, September 10, StrictlyVC — TechCrunch’s boutique evening series — is heading to New York’s West Village (the real one — brownstones, cobblestones,…
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Markets
As long as the stock is priced above the 200-day SMA on the daily timeframe, it is generally considered to be in an overall uptrend.
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Technology
Ajaib raised $270 million, Indonesia's largest tech round since 2022.
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Logistics
New York's proposed Delivery Protection Act would require last-mile operators to meet new requirements, with opponents warning of slower deliveries and higher costs.
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Also on the radar
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Markets
IndiaFirst Life Insurance plans to raise ₹150-250 crore in subordinated debt as existing debt of ₹125 crore matures in Q4.
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Three lines to think about
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| Practice |
Fear of failing and craving to succeed are one attachment wearing two coats. |
| Leverage |
Publish the constraint alongside the result. Work with no stated limits invites people to hunt for the hidden one. |
| Signal |
A model you cannot explain in one sentence is a model you are borrowing, not using. |
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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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