The SgxNifty Future is trading at 10,911.50 up with +0.61% percent or +66.50 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,028.00 up with +0.47% percent or +108.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 23,264.00 up with +0.06% percent or +13.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Equity benchmark Sensex opened on a strong note and surged nearly 400 points in early trade on Friday as investor sentiments improved amid positive leads from Asian markets and overnight gains on the Wall Street.
The 30-share index was trading 395.08 points or 1.08 per cent higher at 36,948.68, and the NSE Nifty climbed 121.50 points or 1.12 per cent to 10,927.05.
All Sensex components were trading higher with IndusInd Bank, M&M, TCS, Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel, Sun Pharma, Maruti, Tata Steel and Axis Bank gaining up to 3.22 per cent.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,815.44 up with +percent or +52.31 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,246.59 with + percent or +9.67 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,672.27 up with + percent or +39.28 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,214.38 up with +percent or +126.56 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,146.67 with a loss of –percent or –164.40 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,220.80 with a loss of – percent or –2.37 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,978.77 up with + percent or +425.17 point at 12:15 PM.