One day before Infosys results,
they announced an OpenAI partnership.
Not a coincidence.
A curtain.
The board at close today:
• Nifty: 24,173 down 205 pts
• Sensex: 77,664 down 852 pts
• India VIX: 18.30 range hit 19.12 intraday
India VIX hit 19.12 intraday today.
That's fear pricing 5 days before April expiry.
With Infosys results landing tonight.
With Nifty already below 24,200.
The premium sellers are very uncomfortable right now.
It left because of something Gift Nifty cannot price: the decision to not be here.
Gift Nifty is not a map.
It is a rumor with a price tag.
The market opened at 9:15 and settled the argument in 8 minutes.
It always does.
Gift Nifty MASSIVE MOVE last night: 24,849.
Crude oil: crashed 9%.
US markets: green.
Iran deal: confirmed.
The gapup that was coming was 495 points.
Nifty opened at 24,420.
Sixty-six points. That's what survived the night.
Let's understand what just happened.
FIIs have sold ₹40,289 crore of Indian equities in April alone.
A ceasefire in the Middle East is good for the world.
It is not automatically a buy order for Indian stocks.
Crude falling means lower import bill. True.
But money that left India didn't leave because of crude.
The 52-week high was 26,373.
Today we closed at 24,231.
We celebrated like we won something.
The market did not heal today.
It just learned to walk with a better limp.
Every public holiday in India is a gift.
Not to retail traders.
To the people who trade while retail traders are resting.
April 13. Nifty closed at 23,842.
Iran-US talks collapsed.
FIIs sold ₹1,983 crore in a single session.
The chart looked like a funeral.
Here is the story you were not told today.
India's exports to West Asia fell 58% in March.
The Strait of Hormuz is under active US naval blockade.
FIIs have exited ₹46,704 crore from Indian equities this April.
Nifty is still down 7.42% for the year.