The  SgxNifty Future is trading at 14,308.80 up with  +4.31%percent or +591.50 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 28,175.00 up with +1.69% percent or +467.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,806.50  up with +2.23% percent or +629.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The Indian markets added to their gains and were trading over 4 per cent higher in Monday’s noon deals. In her Budget 2021 speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced capital expenditure of Rs 5.54 trillion for FY22 as against Rs 4.39 trillion for FY21. Further, she announced the FY22 disinvestment target at Rs 1.75 trillion while the FY21 fiscal deficit was pegged at 9.5 per cent of GDP.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the  nifty closed at 14,254.80 up with +4.55% percent or   +620.20 point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,091.05 up with +1.55% percent or  +427.66 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,892.86 with +2.15%  percent or +609.15 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,982.62 with a loss of -2.03%percent or  ?620.74 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,714.24 with a loss of -1.93% percent or  -73.14  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,070.69 with  a loss of -2.00% percent or -266.46   point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,091.05  up with +1.55%percent or +427.66  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,962.81 up with 2.40% percent or +679.10 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,505.28 with +0.64% percent or +22.21 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 46,816.98 with +1.15%percent or +531.21 point at 12:15 PM.