The  SgxNifty Future is trading at 13,811.00 up with +1.46% percent or +198.55 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 26,605.00 up with +0.47% percent or +125.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,439.00 up with +1.15% percent or +301.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

India’s currency, debt and equity markets are closed on Friday on the occasion of Christmas. The markets will resume trading on Monday, 28 December.

The top gainers on Nifty 50 on the Nifty 50 index were Tata Motors, Sun Pharma, Axis Bank, Reliance Industries and IOC. Meanwhile, the top losers were Infosys, Wipro, Nestle India, HCL Technologies and UPL. Most major indices ended the week on a high. In the 50-stock index, 32 ended in green while the remaining 18 closed in the red.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the  nifty closed at 13,749.25 up with + percent or  +148.15 point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 26,656.61 with a loss of –percent or  ?11.74 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,386.56 up with + percent or +43.46 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 30,129.831 up with +percent or +114.32 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,690.01 with + percent or +2.75 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,771.11 with a loss of – percent or  -36.80 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 26,668.35 up with +percent or +143.56 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,386.56 up with +percent or +43.46 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,363.83 with a loss of – percent or –18.49 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 46,653.55 up with +percent or  +209.37 point at 12:15 PM.