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August 31, 2026

Morning Brief — 31 Aug 2026

MORNING BRIEF
Markets · Logistics · Technology · Startups · Three lines worth keeping
Monday, 31 August 2026
 
Before the open
 
01 NIFTY 50 last closed at 24,175.65 (+0.35%).
02 Institutional flows: FII -5,040 Cr; DII +5,184 Cr.
03 Overnight US: S&P 500 (SPY) -0.23%; Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) -0.65%.
04 Macro moves: TQQQ -1.98%; ETH -1.50%.
Where things stand
 
India
Index Close Change
NIFTY 50 24,175.65 +0.35%
BankNIFTY 57,496.30 -0.02%
India VIX 10.66 -3.70%
Overnight
Index Close Change
S&P 500 (SPY) 769.35 -0.23%
Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) 716.43 -0.65%
S&P Futures 70.84 -0.11%
CRUDE (USO)
129.70
-0.24%
GOLD
4,451.49
-0.11%
USD/INR
95.57
+0.09%
TQQQ
$71.85
-1.98%
BTC
$77,746
-0.40%
ETH
$2,419
-1.50%
Best
IT +3.51%Metal +0.75%
Worst
Consumer -0.48%FMCG -0.46%
Worth reading
 
Technology
SK Hynix Weighs Japan Memory Fab Partnership to Supply AI Boom
SK Hynix is evaluating a Japan-based joint venture as one option to expand memory chip production for artificial intelligence demand.
Markets
Short-term rates ease as banks see surge in dollar deposits
Large banks' surge in dollar deposits from diaspora eased 3-month CD rates to 6.40% from 6.80%, while 1-year rates hardened to 7.30%.
Startups
Liux’s Big microcar bets on sustainability to take on Chinese rivals
Spanish startup Liux is launching an electric microcar focused on sustainability to compete with Chinese manufacturers entering Europe's market.
Markets
Global Market Today: Asian stocks drop on hawkish Warsh tone, oil gains
Asian stocks fell 0.8% after hawkish Fed comments boosted rate-hike expectations; Kospi dropped over 3% as Brent crude rose 1.6% on Middle East tensions.
Also on the radar
 
Technology
Shein CEO’s Wealth Slumps $15 Billion After Whittled-Down IPO
Chinese fast-fashion business Shein Global Holdings Ltd. was once worth more than the parent companies of H&M and Zara, giving its reclusive boss Sky Xu a net worth of more than $23…
Three lines to think about
 
Practice Heroic effort is usually a correction for poor scheduling.
Leverage Never outshine the person you depend on. Make competence useful to them, not threatening.
Signal Read the footnotes. The caveat that matters is rarely in the headline.
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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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