The  SgxNifty Future is trading at 11,730.20 up with +0.52% percent or +60.60 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,412.50 up with +0.05% percent or +12.50 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 24,214.00 up with +1.10% percent or +263.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Oil prices fell on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump dashed hopes for a fourth stimulus package to boost the coronavirus-hit economy and on a larger-than-expected increase in U.S. crude inventories.

US West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures declined 42 cents, or 1%, to $40.25 a barrel, while Brent crude futures fell 30 cents, or 0.7%, to $42.35 a barrel

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the  nifty closed at 11,733.30 up with + percent or +70.90 point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,422.82 with a loss of –percent or10.91 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,207.14 with + percent or +226.49 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,772.76 with a loss of –percent or 375.88 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,360.95 with a loss of – percent or –47.68 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,154.60 with a loss of percent or –177.88 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,419.58  with a loss of – percent or –14.15 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,169.65 up with +percent or  +189.00 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,218.05 with a loss of – percent or 6.31 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,826.48 up with + percent or  +251.91point at 12:15 PM.