The  SgxNifty Future is trading at 15,169.80 with +0.23% percent or +35.05 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 28,812.50 with a loss of -0.89% percent or -257.50 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,801.50 up  with +0.09% percent or +26.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The Indian equity benchmarks came off intraday highs in noon deals owing to weakness in heavyweights like Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and ITC ahead of expiry of weekly index futures and option contracts. Earlier in the day, Sensex rose as much as 405 points and Nifty 50 index touched an intraday high of 15,218. Buying in information technology shares like Infosys, TCS and HCL Tech were providing support to the benchmarks.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the  nifty closed at 15,155.15 with 0.38% percent or  +56.75point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 29,036.56 up with 0.030% percent or +8.62 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,872.46 up with +0.34% percent or +99.23 point.
WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,832.74 up with +0.095% percent or +30.30 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,875.44 up with +1.42% percent or +54.09point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,073.82 up with +3.69% percent or  +464.66 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,036.56 up with +0.030% percent or +8.62 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,780.83 up with +0.026% percent or +7.60point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,359.95 up with +0.020% percent or +0.66 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,055.35 up with +0.059% percent or +29.87 point at 12:15 PM