The SGX Nifty Future is trading at 11,619.00  with a loss of -0.28% percent or -32.50 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,678.00  up with +0.04% percent or +8.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 29,909.50 with a loss of -0.70% percent or -211.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Domestic equity market is likely to open flat on Thursday tracking Nifty futures on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX Nifty)and mixed Asian cues.

Godfrey Philips is a ‘Buy’ call with a target price of Rs 1220 and a stop loss of Rs 1130.

LIC Housing FinanceNSE 0.12 % is a ‘Sell’ call with a target price of Rs 527 and a stop loss of Rs 540.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
 For the day the Sgx Nifty closed at 11,618.00  with a loss of -0.29% percent or -33.50 point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,711.38  up with +0.11% percent or +23.81  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,858.47 with a loss of -0.87% percent or -261.09 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,157.16  up with +0.025% percent or +6.58 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,888.21 up with +0.35% percent or +10.01 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,964.24  up with +0.69% percent or +54.97 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,711.38  up with +0.11% percent or +23.81 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,893.82  with a loss of -0.75% percent or -225.74   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,189.96 with a loss of -1.60% percent or -51.97 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,540.56  with a loss of  -0.12% percent or -44.79 point at 12:15 PM.