The  Sgx Nifty Future is trading at 12,245.00 with a loss of -0.76% percent or -94.30 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,262.50 with a loss of -1.60% percent or –377.50 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,444.00  with a loss of -0.57% percent or -162.00  point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The Nifty Energy index was trading in the red in Friday’s morning session.

Shares of HPCLNSE -1.76 % (down 1.82 per cent), Adani Transmissions (down 1.53 per cent), Power Grid Corporation of IndiaNSE -1.13 % (down 1.26 per cent), Bharat Petroleum CorporationNSE -0.66 % (down 1.24 per cent), NTPC (down 0.82 per cent), Tata Power Company (down 0.34 per cent) and Reliance IndustriesNSE 0.30 % (down 0.1 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day the  Sgx nifty closed at 8.66 with a loss of –2.26% percent or –0.20 point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,656.62 with a loss of –0.76% percent or –181.10 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,433.00 with a loss of –0.39% percent or –110.52  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,868.80  up with +1.16% percent or +330.36 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,257.85 up with +0.84% percent or +27.07 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,092.19 up with +1.33% percent or +119.58  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,656.62 with a loss of –0.76% percent or -181.10 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,477.51 with a loss of –0.23% percent or –66.01 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,083.79  with a loss of –0.046% percent or –1.41   point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 41,466.03 with a loss of –0.39% percent or –160.61 point at 12:15 PM.