The  SgxNifty Future is trading at 14,352.80 with a loss of -3.63% percent or -540.20 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 29,603.00 with a loss of -1.05% percent or -315.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,378.50 with -0.98% percent or -279.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Biotechnology firm Biocon said its subsidiary Biocon Pharma has received Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliance certificate from UK’s health regulator MHRA for its Bengaluru facility. The certificate, which includes manufacturing and packaging of tablets and capsules in the non-potent and potent blocks of the facility, was issued based on a remote inspection in the week of March 22, 2021, in the wake of travel restrictions amidst COVID-19.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the  nifty closed at 14,332.95 with a loss of – percent or ?501.90 point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 29,538.73 with a loss of – percent or ?229.33 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,457.38  with a loss of – percent or 251.30 point.
WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 33,800.60  up with +percent or +297.03 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,128.80 up with  percent or +31.63 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,900.19 up with + percent or  +70.88 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,578.26 with  a loss of –percent or ?189.80 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,392.24 with a loss of – percent or –306.56 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,413.12 with a loss of – percent or ?37.56 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,101.71  with a loss of – percent or –1,500.44 point at 12:15 PM.