The SgxNifty Future is trading at 14,865.50 with +0.58% percent or +85.05 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 29,337.50 with a loss of -0.01% percent or -2.50 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,465.50 up with +0.19% percent or +54.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Tata Consumer Products, which replaced GAIL in the Nifty50 Club Elite on March 31, has failed to enthuse Dalal Street with its first quarterly numbers. Profit and Ebitda margins for the March quarter came in much lower than analyst expectations, even as sales for the quarter remained healthy.
Analysts are looking ahead to a meeting with the company management later on Friday at 6.30 pm, which may give a glimpse of the impact of Covid second wave on demand and outlook for the salt-to-tea maker.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day the nifty closed at 14,799.95 up with + percent or ++75.15 point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 29,357.82 up with + percent or +26.45 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,565.26 with a loss of –percent or ?72.20 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 34,230.34 up with +percent or +97.31 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,167.59 up with + percent or +2.93 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,582.42 with a loss of – percent or –51.08 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,321.17 up with + percent or +508.54 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,565.81 up with + percent or +147.83 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,451.29 up with + percent or +4.27 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,668.03 with a loss of percent or ?9.52 point at 12:15 PM.