The  SgxNifty Future is trading at 14,605.20 with a loss of -0.01% percent or -0.95 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 28,803.00 up with  +1.19% percent or +340.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,475.00 up with+0.85% percent or +239.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

FMCG firm Tata Consumer is expected to replace state-run GAIL in the Nifty50 index as part of the semi-annual reshuffle, say analysts at Edelweiss Securities and ICICI Securities.

The index is reconstituted semi-annually, considering six months data ending January and July, respectively, and a four weeks’ prior notice is given to the market participants.

In the last rejig, SBI Life Insurance and Divi’s Laboratories had replaced Bharti Infratel and ZEE Entertainment Enterprises

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the  nifty closed at 14,578.95 up with + percent or  +14.10 point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,698.26 with +percent or  +241.67 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,495.57 up with + percent or +259.97 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,068.69 up with +percent or +60.00 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,801.19 up with + percent or +1.58 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,072.43  up with + percent or +36.00 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,456.59 up with +percent or +292.25 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,235.60 up with percent or +30.00 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,598.65 with a loss of – percent or –9.69 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,239.42  with a loss of –percent or  –277.69 point at 12:15 PM.