The SgxNifty Future is trading at 14,589.00 up with +1.66% percent or +237.75 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 28,318.00 up with +0.63% percent or +178.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 29,217.50 up with +1.44% percent or +413.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The Indian market continued celebrating Union Budget 2021 as the equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty extended gains into the second session on February 2.
The 30-share pack Sensex jumped over 1,500 points while Nifty rose above 14,700 in the morning session of trade.
At 11:45 hours, Sensex was 859 points, or 1.77 percent, up at 49,460 and Nifty was 248 points, or 1.74 percent, up at 14,530.
In sync with the benchmarks, BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices too were up over a percent each at that time
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
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.