The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 28,453.00 up with +0.93% percent or +263.00 point.The Nifty Future is trading at 14,615.00 up with +0.12% percent or +17.05 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,259.00 with a loss of -0.02% percent or -7.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Asian shares were set to rise on Thursday ahead of the Christmas break, as global investors cheered a potential Brexit deal and economic recovery prospects, largely ignoring U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to veto a long-awaited COVID aid package.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 .AXJO was up 0.78% in early trading, while {{178|Japan’s Ni Nikkei 225 futures NKc1 were up 0.07%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures .HSIc1 inched up 0.17%.
Investors cheered a potential Brexit trade deal between Britain and the European Union that raised hopes the estranged allies would avoid a turbulent economic rupture on New Year’s Day. framework for a Brexit trade deal gave investors the green light to start buying everything in Europe,” said Edward Moya, Senior Market Analyst, at OANDA in New York.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 31,068.69 up with +percent or +60.00 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,801.19 up with + percent or +1.58 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,072.43 up with + percent or +36.00 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,456.59 up with +percent or +292.25 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,235.60 up with percent or +30.00 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,598.65 with a loss of – percent or –9.69 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,239.42 with a loss of –percent or –277.69 point at 12:15 PM.