The  Sgx Nifty Future is trading at 12,156.50 up with +0.09% percent or +10.50 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,573.00 up with +0.27% percent or +63.00  point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 27,506.00 with a loss of -0.21% percent or -59.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The Nifty Energy index was trading flat in Thursday’s afternoon session.

Shares of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (up 2.02 per cent), Adani Transmissions (up 1.72 per cent), HPCL (up 0.53 per cent), GAIL (India) (up 0.46 per cent) and Tata Power Company (up 0.39 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Indian Oil Corporation (down 0.7 per cent), NTPC (down 0.4 per cent), Reliance Industries (down 0.25 per cent), Power Grid Corporation of India (down 0.16 per cent) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (down 0.01 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day the  Sgx nifty closed at 12,156.50 up with +0.09% percent or +10.50  point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,479.15 up with +0.34% percent or +78.45   point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,576.60 with a loss of –0.29% percent or –79.21 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,348.03 up with +0.40% percent or +115.84   point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,386.15 up with +0.47% percent or +15.86 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,817.18 up with +0.87% percent or +84.44 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,479.15 up with +0.34% percent or +78.45 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,587.97 with a loss of  –0.25% percent or ?67.84 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,030.15 up with  +1.84% percent or  +54.75 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 41,393.37 up with +0.17% percent or +70.37 point at 12:15 PM.