Sgx Nifty Futures Opening Update as on 17 Sept 2020

The  SgxNifty Future is trading at 11,509.00 with a loss of -0.82% percent or -95.00 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,138.00 with a loss of -0.70% percent or -162.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 24,319.50 with a loss of -1.60% percent or –395.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The National Pension System (NPS) fund managers’ schemes E (equity) have underperformed the benchmark Nifty 50 Total Return Index (TRI) over three years.  Even over a five-year timeframe only one fund managed to outperform the benchmark index. These schemes have delivered 2.09-4.86 per cent returns annually during the three-year period, compared to the benchmark’s 5.93 per cent, data from Value Research  as on September 11 shows.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the  nifty closed at 11,523.80 with a loss of – percent or ?80.75 point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,319.37  with a loss of –percent or  –156.16 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,340.85 with a loss of – percent or –384.78 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,993.33 with + percent or  +327.69 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,383.54 up with percent or +42.57 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,056.65 up with + percent or  +203.11 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,454.89 with a loss of – percent or –104.41 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,740.62 up with + percent or   +100.34 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,295.68 up with + percent or +16.87 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,876.86 up with + percent or  +120.23 point at 12:15 PM.