The  SgxNifty Future is trading at 11,888.00 with a loss of -0.50% percent or -60.00 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,513.00 with a loss of -0.20% percent or -47.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 24,631.00 up with +1.72% percent or +416.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today made a slew of announcements to stimulate consumer spending and capital expenditure. Consume demand needs to be give a boost, Sitharaman said. For this, Sitharaman announced a special LTC cash voucher and a special festival advance scheme. “To stimulate demand, expenditure will be front-loaded,” the FM said.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the  nifty closed at 11,910.40 with a loss of – percent or –3.80 point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,558.69 with a loss of –percent or  ?61.00 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,608.74 up with percent or +499.71 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,586.90 with +percent or  +161.39 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,477.13 up with + percent or  +30.30 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,579.94 up with + percent or +158.96 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,558.69 with a loss of – percent or –61.00 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,672.47 up with +percent or  +553.34 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,357.27 up with + percent or +85.19 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,610.64 up with + percent or  +101.15 point at 12:15 PM.