The  SgxNifty Future is trading at 14,878.80 up with +1.24% percent or +182.75 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 28,638.00 up with +0.98% percent or +278.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 29,106.50 with a loss of -0.42% percent or -123.50 point.

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PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the  nifty closed at 14,826.60 up with +1.22% percent or   +178.75 point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,646.50 up with +1.00% percent or  +284.33 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,164.93 with a loss of –0.29%  percent or ?83.77 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.