Marginally higher GIFT Nifty, weak Asian stocks and the overnight negative close on Wall Street point to a flat or somewhat lower opening for Indian shares Tuesday morning.
The focus will be on oil prices, PMI data and geopolitical news.
On the Indian economic front, S&P Global's data on manufacturing and services sector activity in India for the month of June is due today.
India's HSBC Manufacturing PMI had climbed to a three-month high of 55.0 in May, advancing from 54.7 a month earlier. The Services PMI was revised higher to 59.8 in May from the preliminary estimate of 58.9 and a final reading of 58.8 in April.
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June 19, 2026 16:46 ET Major central banks continued to dominate the economic news flow this week too, led by the Federal Reserve, as they announced their latest policy decisions. The Federal Reserve policy session was in focus as it was the first to be led by the new chief Kevin Warsh. In Europe, central banks of the U.K. and Switzerland announced their rate decisions. In Asia, the Bank of Japan drew attention for its policy moves, while data out of China threw some light on the state of the economy.