The  SgxNifty Future is trading at 12,890.50 up with +0.85% percent or +108.50 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 26,058.00 up with +0.26% percent or +68.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,412.50 up with +0.15% percent or +40.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Sensex crossed 44,000-mark for the first time in early trade to hit intraday high of 44,161, while Nifty also hit 12,900 mark, but the indices gave up some gains and were off the day’s high. Tata Steel was the leader in the metals pack

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the  nifty closed at 12,848.65 up with + percent or +68.40 point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 26,014.62 up with +percent or +107.69 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,415.09 with  percent or +33.42 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,950.44 with +percent or  +470.63 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,626.91 with + percent or  +41.76 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,924.13 with + percent or +94.84 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 26,014.62 up with +percent or +107.69 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,397.68 up with +percent or +19.08 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,339.90 with a loss of – percent or ?7.07 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 43,866.55 with +percent or  +228.57 point at 12:15 PM.