The SGX Nifty Future is trading at 10,192.00 up with +0.20% percent or +20.00 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 22,018.00 with a loss of -2.70% percent or -612.00 point . The Hang Seng Future is trading at 25,322.00 with a loss of -3.10% percent or -810.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Domestic equity market is likely to open in the green on Wednesday tracking Nifty futures on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX Nifty). A sharp fall in global crude oil prices is also expected to bring relief to domestic market.
Brent crude futures traded at $76.53 per barrel after dropping more than 4 per cent on Tuesday to $75.88, their lowest since September 7. Crude slid after Saudi Arabia said it could supply more crude quickly if needed, easing concerns ahead of US sanctions on Iran, Reuters reported.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,379.45 with a loss of -1.27% percent or -327.23 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,768.78 with a loss of -1.44% percent or -40.43 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,485.14 with a loss of -2.06% percent or -157.56 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,532.08 with a loss of -0.56% percent or -126.08 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,605.96 up with +0.59% percent or +151.41 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,550.46 up with +2.58% percent or +64.05 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 34,426.32 with a loss of -1.02% percent or -353.26 point at 12:15 PM