The  SgxNifty Future is trading at 11,121.20 with a loss of  -0.37% percent or -40.80 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,125.00 up with +1.05% percent or +240.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 23,655.50 up with +0.02% percent or +4.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Benchmark indices in Europe opened higher for the second straight day, attempting to erase Monday’s rout which saw markets fall between 3-4% across the continent. The Stoxx 600 has opened 0.7% higher with Technology and Media stocks outperforming. Energy shares are laggards as oil prices drop.
Asian markets have had a muted end to mid-week trade, while futures on the Dow Jones are trading higher by 90 points. Brent crude is trading 0.7% lower at $41.4 per barrel while Gold trades at $1,881.5/Oz, down 1%.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the  nifty closed at 11,100.15 with a loss of  – percent or53.50 point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,346.49 with a loss of –percent or 13.81 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,713.18 with a loss of percent or3.67 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,657.42 with a loss of – percent or 244.56 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,319.47 with a loss of – percent or –37.54 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,793.28 with a loss of percent or –116.99 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,360.30 up with + percent or +40.93 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,070.76 with a loss of – percent or  –384.65 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,318.62 with a loss of – percent or –19.47 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,857.41 up with  percent or  +11.59 point at 12:15 PM.