The market enters today’s session with a positive undertone as Gift Nifty is indicating a gap-up opening, while global cues remain largely neutral.<\/p>\n
With crude oil staying stable and FIIs turning constructive in futures positioning, traders will be watching whether Nifty can once again challenge the important 24,300 resistance zone.<\/p>\n
—->Global Cues Remain Supportive
\nKey Overnight Developments<\/p>\n
\u2022 US markets closed with a neutral to stable bias<\/p>\n
\u2022 Crude oil remains largely stable<\/p>\n
\u2022 No major escalation in global risk sentiment<\/p>\n
##FII Positioning Turns Constructive
\nInstitutional Activity (16 July 2026)<\/p>\n
\u2022 FII Cash Market: -\u20b94,205.56 crore<\/p>\n
\u2022 DII Cash Market: +\u20b92,986.41 crore<\/p>\n
FII Derivatives Positioning<\/p>\n
\u2022 Index Futures: +\u20b91,994.32 crore<\/p>\n
\u2022 Stock Futures: +\u20b91,308.49 crore<\/p>\n
\u2022 Index Options: -\u20b9270.41 crore<\/p>\n
\u2022 Stock Options: -\u20b9445.70 crore<\/p>\n
While FIIs remained sellers in the cash market, the buying seen in both Index Futures and Stock Futures suggests a more optimistic view on near-term market direction.<\/p>\n
—–> Banking Stocks Could Lead the Market<\/p>\n
One theme is becoming increasingly clear this earnings season:<\/p>\n
Banking Results Continue to Surprise Positively<\/p>\n
!HDFCBANK
\n!ICICIBANK
\n!KOTAKBANK
\n!AUBANK
\n!SBIN<\/p>\n
CAPITAL MARKETS STOCKS
\n!ANGELONE
\n##Ke
\n!GROWW
\nNifty
\n!360ONE<\/p>\n
## KEY LEVELS
\nimediediate Resistance: 24,300<\/p>\n
Key Support: 24,000<\/p>\n
What Traders Should Watch<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sustaining above the opening gains<\/p>\n
\u2022 Banking sector participation<\/p>\n
——>Bottom Line
\nToday’s biggest question is whether Nifty can convert the expected gap-up opening into a fresh attack on 24,300.<\/p>\n
With banking stocks delivering strong results across segments and FIIs turning positive in futures, the market has enough support to remain fir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","article-category":[35],"article-tags":[],"class_list":["post-163014","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article-category-learn"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/signalz.pro\/api\/wp\/v2\/article\/163014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/signalz.pro\/api\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/signalz.pro\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/signalz.pro\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signalz.pro\/api\/wp\/v2\/article-category?post=163014"},{"taxonomy":"article-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signalz.pro\/api\/wp\/v2\/article-tags?post=163014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}