Indian Markets Pre Market Report Today

Indian Markets Pre Market Report Today (17 November 2025)

🌍 Global Cues & Gift Nifty – How the day is setting up

Overnight, global risk sentiment is slightly cautious. Brent crude has cooled to around $63.8 per barrel, giving back last week’s gains as Russian exports from the Black Sea hub resumed after a brief disruption.

At the same time, the US dollar remains firm, with USD/INR hovering near 88.6–88.8, keeping the rupee under mild pressure as traders watch how aggressively RBI defends the currency near record lows.

Early-morning action in Gift Nifty (Nov futures) is muted around 26,000–26,020, almost flat versus Friday’s Nifty 50 close of 25,910.05. So Indian markets pre market report shows Gift-nifty signalling a steady to slightly positive start for Indian equities.

📊 Recap of Friday’s Session – Bulls won the last hour

On 14 November 2025, benchmark indices staged a strong intraday comeback:

Nifty 50 closed at 25,910.05, up 0.12% Sensex finished near 84,060, up 0.10%

Most of the day was spent in the red, but a late rebound driven by PSU banks and pharma stocks pulled the market back into the green. The rally coincided with counting trends indicating a clear victory for the NDA in Bihar, which improved domestic sentiment.

Sector snapshot from Friday:

Outperformers: PSU Banks (~+1.2%), Pharma (~+0.6%), FMCG (~+0.6%), along with select financials and consumer names. Laggards: some IT and metals stocks saw profit booking after the recent run-up.

This backdrop is important for today’s pre-market mood: traders are entering the week with cautious optimism, but FIIs remain heavy sellers (details below).

📍Index Levels – Nifty 50, Bank Nifty, Sensex

Nifty 50

Previous close: 25,910.05 Friday’s range: 25,940 (high) – 25,741 (low)

Key levels watched by traders today (approximate zones):

Support 1: 25,800 (near Friday’s intraday support)

Support 2: 25,700–25,720 (recent swing low area)

Resistance 1: 26,000 (psychological + Gift Nifty reference)

Resistance 2: 26,100–26,150 (recent supply zone highlighted by options writers)

As long as Nifty holds 25,800, intraday dips are likely to attract buying in stronger sectors such as PSU banks, select FMCG and quality large-cap financials.

Bank Nifty

From NSE/Investing data, Bank Nifty settled at about 58,517.55 with a day’s range of 58,050–58,590 on Friday.

Support 1: 58,000

Support 2: 57,700–57,800

Resistance 1: 58,800

Resistance 2: 59,200

Financials have been volatile thanks to FII selling and bond-yield moves, but PSU banks outperformed sharply on Friday as election results boosted expectations of continued capex and credit growth.

Sensex

Previous close: around 84,060 (up 84 points on Friday).

Watch zones:

Support band: 83,500–83,700

Resistance band: 84,700–85,000

For many long-only investors, Sensex remains the sentiment barometer rather than a trading index, but these zones help frame the intraday risk.

📈 Volatility, OI & Put–Call Mood

The India VIX – the market’s fear gauge – closed near 11.94 on Friday, near the lower end of its historical range.

Such a low VIX usually indicates complacency, but with global uncertainties (trade talks, Fed path, geopolitics), even small news flows can trigger sharper intraday swings.

Options data going into this week has seen heavy put interest around 25,800 on Nifty and 58,000 on Bank Nifty, while calls are being written closer to 26,200–26,300 and 59,500–60,000 respectively, keeping a broad range-bound bias.

For intraday traders, it means respecting stop-losses and avoiding over-leveraging, especially when implied volatility is low but event risk is high.

🇮🇳India–US Trade Deal & Macro Headlines

Markets will be watching fresh cues on the India–US trade deal this week:

Reports indicate that negotiations are in the final stages, with potential announcement by the end of November and possible rollback of some US penalty tariffs. Separately, India has already cleared a ₹450.6 billion support package for exporters hurt by earlier US tariff hikes, especially in labour-intensive sectors.

Any concrete progress or rollback of tariffs tends to support exporters (textiles, agri, speciality chemicals) and may improve risk appetite for Indian equities over the medium term.

📦 SEBI & IPO Space – What’s new

Regulatory angle:

SEBI has proposed simplifying pre-IPO lock-in rules and improving automation of share-lock enforcement, while also asking companies to publish short, investor-friendly summaries of offer documents.

For investors, this is positive for:

Transparency in upcoming issues Smoother listings, with fewer last-minute lock-in compliance problems

Primary market highlights around this week:

Fujiyama Power Systems (UTL Solar) – IPO window: 13–17 November 2025. In the coming week, Excelsoft Technologies (mainboard) and Gallard Steel (SME) will be in focus for new subscriptions and listings.

GMPs and listing-day pops have become more selective; markets are rewarding reasonable valuations and clear profitability rather than pure hype. For more details read below link.

⭐ Upcoming IPOs in India – Detailed Investor Review

💰FII–DII Flow – Who is really buying?

Friday’s cash-market flows (14 Nov) show a sharp divergence:

FIIs / FPIs: Buy: ₹12,383.8 crore Sell: ₹17,352.0 crore Net: –₹4,968 crore (heavy selling)

DIIs: Buy: ₹24,572.1 crore Sell: ₹16,110.6 crore Net: +₹8,461 crore (strong domestic buying)

Takeaway: Domestic money is still absorbing FII supply, which helped the market recover in the last hour on Friday. But persistent FII selling remains a cap on aggressive upside.

🪙 Commodities & Currency – Gold, Silver, Crude, USD–INR

Gold (India, approx all-India average):

24K: about ₹1,23,400–1,23,500 per 10g 22K: around ₹1,13,000–1,13,200 per 10g

Silver:

Roughly ₹1,55,530 per kg on an all-India basis.

Crude oil:

Brent: near $63.8 per barrel WTI: around $59.5 per barrel

Currency:

USD–INR spot is trading in the 88.4–88.8 band, after closing near 88.64–88.82 at the end of last week.

Lower oil gives a mild tailwind for India’s macros, but the weak rupee partly offsets that benefit.

🎯Trading View – Short Term vs Long Term

For short-term traders

For today’s session, markets may open largely flat to mildly positive based on Gift Nifty. Key reference zones:

Nifty 50: Bullish as long as it holds 25,800 Upside attempts likely towards 26,000–26,100 if global cues stay stable Bank Nifty: Needs to stay above 58,000 for bulls to keep control Break above 58,800–59,000 could invite fresh short-covering

Sectors to watch on dips: PSU banks, quality private banks, select pharma and FMCG names that led Friday’s rebound.

For long-term investors

Despite day-to-day volatility, the structural story remains:

Healthy domestic growth Strong DII & SIP flows Ongoing reforms and trade-deal efforts

Instead of chasing gaps at the open, long-term investors may prefer gradual accumulation in:

Quality large-cap banks Autos and ancillaries IT leaders with strong balance sheets Consumption and infra themes

Using corrections towards listed support zones to add in phases, rather than deploying all capital in one shot, keeps risk controlled.

🔍 Stock of the Day – For Study Only (Not a Call)

You can highlight one PSU bank or pharma stock that outperformed sharply on Friday (for example, a strong PSU bank from the Nifty PSU Bank index) and mark it as:

“Stock of the Day (for study only, not a recommendation): look at how the stock reacted to election headlines with a sharp rebound from intraday lows on strong volumes.”

This helps educate readers on price-volume behaviour without giving buy/sell advice.