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🆓📈 Join Us for a Free Webinar on “How to Create Test & Automate Trading Strategies with Algo AI” 📊 🕟 Date & Time: 18th August 2026, 4:30 PM onwards 📲 Register Now: https://tinyurl.com/mv5eucaf 🎁 Key Benefits of the Webinar: 👉 Ready-Made Strategies – Start trading with pre-built strategies 👉 AI Strategy Builder – Create strategies using simple prompts 👉 Options Trading Platform – Build and automate options strategies 👉 Back testing & Paper Trading – Test strategies risk-free 👉 Q&A Session – Get your questions answered by experts 🎤 Speakers: - Kunj Pandey, Sr. Manager Algo, SMC Global - Pawan Kumar Misra, Sr. Manager Algo, SMC Global

🚀 Morning Market Update | August 18, 2026 🌏 Asian Markets: Trading lower across regional desks as surging crude prices and tech profit-taking weigh on sentiment. Japan's Nikkei 225 dropped -1.71% (68,036.00), Taiwan's Weighted Index fell -0.85% (45,469.44), South Korea's KOSPI slid -0.65% (6,932.68), Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost -0.64% (25,291.00), and China's Shanghai Composite slipped -0.57% (3,959.93). 🇺🇸 US Markets: Wall Street closed lower on Monday as investors digested rising crude prices and awaited major retail earnings and Fed minutes. The Dow Jones fell -0.51% (53,459.78), the S&P 500 lost -0.52% (7,745.06), and the NASDAQ dropped -0.31% (26,644.91). 🛢 Crude Oil: Brent crude futures jumped past $91.00/bbl (+2.4%). Prices spiked as ongoing friction between the US and Iran over Strait of Hormuz transit protocols dampened hopes of a swift diplomatic resolution. ⚔️ Geopolitical Cues: Global risk premiums remain elevated as market participants monitor Middle East shipping bottlenecks and potential energy supply chain disruptions. 📊 FII/DII Activity (August 17): Institutional flows showed strong domestic buying absorbing heavy foreign fund distribution. FIIs sold a net -₹2,535.10 Cr, while DIIs mounted a massive defense with a net buy of +₹5,101.50 Cr.