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26-Aug-20251 min readvipin kumar

Trump threatens export curbs, tariffs in digital tax retaliation- Daily Market Update 26th Aug 2025

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US President Donald Trump threatened additional tariffs and export restrictions on advanced technology and semiconductors in retaliation for digital services taxes that hit American technology companies.

Digital Taxes, Digital Services Legislation, and Digital Markets Regulations are all designed to harm, or discriminate against, American Technology,” Trump posted on social media. outrageously, give a complete pass to China’s largest Tech Companies. This must end, and end NOW!”

Overview and Outlook

Global Stock Market Today

  • US equity markets settled lower in range 0.22% to 0.77%.
  • European equity markets, barring FTSE, ended in red.
  • Asian equity markets are trading with a negative bias.
  • GIFT Nifty is down by 70 points, Nifty futures likely to open around 24900 levels.

 

News highlights from across the globe

  • Asian equity markets are trading lower as Trump threatened to place export curbs on chips.
  • Oil steadied after a four-day advance as investors waited for clearer signals on supplies, with the US poised to double a tariff on all Indian imports to penalize the country for buying Russian crude. Brent traded below $69 a barrel after closing at a three-week high, while West Texas Intermediate was near $65.

 

Important news updates from the domestic front

  • RBL Bank on Aug 29 to consider a proposal for raising funds via qualified institutional placement and to consider issuance of debt securities on a private placement basis.
  • Sona BLW Precision received PLI certificates for three more products. Two certificates for traction motors for electric 3-wheelers and one certificate for traction motors for electric 2-wheelers.
  • Poonawala Corp reported on the appointment of Arvind Kapil as managing directors and chief executive officer to clean up books which is incorrect.
  • Mazagon Dock clarifies that there has been no negotiations with the Defence Ministry since January 2025 for the Rs 70,000 crore project. The reports of the company’s Rs 70,000 crore submarine talks with Germany’s Thyssenkrupp are factually incorrect.
  • Aditya Birla Capital appointed Vishakha Mulye as a managing director, chief executive officer for five years.
  • Tata Motors: National Company Law Tribunal sanctioned a composite scheme of arrangement among the company, TML Commercial Vehicles Ltd., and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd.
  • NHPC’s commercial operation of the balance capacity of Karnisar Solar Project is likely to be commissioned by Sept. 30. The 214.28 MW out of 300 MW Karnisar Solar Power Project is already commissioned.
  • Tata Communications allotted commercial paper worth up to Rs 700 crore.
  • Nazara Tech grants an unsecured loan of up to Rs 15 crore to arm Nazara Technologies UK. The ARM received approval to grant a loan of up to Rs 100 crore to arm Nazara Technologies UK.
  • Strides Pharma Science’s step-down arm Apollo Life Sciences holdings voluntarily deregistered in South Africa.
  • TVS Supply Chain Solutions received a tax demand of nearly Rs 10 crore including penalty from a Jamshedpur Tax Body.
  • ONGC commenced natural gas sales from a small field block discovered in Rajasthan.
  • Jammu and Kashmir Bank approved an appointment of Sankarasubramanian Krishnan as a part-time chairman up to March 2028.

 

Nifty Overview & Outlook

Tracking positive cues from the global peers, benchmark Nifty index opened with a gap on the higher side and settled at 24967.75 levels after adding 97.65 points to its previous closing values in an otherwise lackluster trading session.

Small cap index underperformed the benchmark as it was ended on a flat to negative note whereas Mid cap index was up 0.16%.

Majority of sectoral indices settled in green. Amongst them, Nifty IT index was the top gainers, rose 2.37% followed by Nifty Metal, Realty and Consumer Durables index that were settled higher over 0.5%. On the other hand Nifty Media and Healthcare index lead the decline, down by 1.67% and 0.44% respectively.

Technically, Nifty rebounded from its gap support levels and settled in a mid of its congestion zone. Going ahead, we might see some range bound trading in Nifty index in short term with immediate supports placed in range 24850-24670 spot levels and resistance around 25160-25225 spot levels.

 

Derivatives Overview & Outlook

Yesterday, Nifty futures added 2.8% of open interest as long buildup. On the other hand, no significant changes were seen in Nifty, Finnifty and Banknifty futures on price as well as on open interest front.

All F&O sectors, barring Finance and Power settled on a higher note. Amongst them, Cement and Telecom stocks witnessed maximum addition of long positions along with some short covering among Chemical , Metal, Infrastructure and Textile stocks.

On options front, put writing along with call unwinding was seen at multiple strikes. Maximum positions are at 25000 PE followed by 24900 PE and 25000 CE.

 

Institutional Trading Activity

Yesterday, FIIs sold stocks worth Rs 2466 Cr in the cash segment, bought index futures worth Rs 205 Cr also bought stocks futures worth Rs 898 Cr. DIIs were net buyers in the cash segment to the tune of Rs 3177 Cr.

 

Nifty Futures, Banknifty Futures and Finnifty Futures Key Levels

Nifty – Resistances 25080-25160; Supports 24920-24850

Banknifty – Resistances 55400-55600; Supports 55000-54800

Finnifty – Resistances 26450-26520; Supports 26250-26120

 

F&O Security in Ban Today: RBLBANK & TITAGARH

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