The  SgxNifty Future is trading at 9,129.50 up with +1.20% percent or +108.00 point. The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,503.00 up with +1.05%percent or +223.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 22,990.50 with a loss of -1.56% percent or -364.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Benchmark gained sharply as Sensex zoomed 378.55 points or 1.24 percent to 30,987.85 while the broader Nifty was up 112.10 points or 1.24 percent at 9,141.15 at around 12.30 pm.

Axis Bank jumped over 5 percent. Other top gainers included ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finance, L&T, HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Hero MotoCorp.

The losers included Ultra Cement, M&M, Titan, ITC, Maruti and Asian Paints.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day the  nifty closed at 9,145.45 up with +1.29%percent or +116.40  point.Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,419.23 up with +0.70% percent or +148.06 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,222.77  with a loss of –0.69% percent or –161.89 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,995.11  up with +2.17% percent or +529.95 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,991.77 up with +1.23% percent or +36.32 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,340.22 up with +0.17% percent or +15.63 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at up 21,419.23 up with +0.70% percent or +148.06 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,154.59  with a loss of –0.98% percent or –230.07 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,832.76 with a loss of –0.48% percent or –13.79 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 30,857.14 up with +0.81% percent or +0.81%  point at 12:15 PM.