Thursday 28 July 2016

Opening Bell - Nifty opens above 8600 mark

At 9:15 AM, the S&P BSE Sensex is trading at 28,078 up 53 points, while NSE Nifty is trading at 8,631 up 14 points.

NSE Building
At 9:15 AM, the S&P BSE Sensex is trading at 28,078 up 53 points, while NSE Nifty is trading at 8,631 up 14 points.

Asian markets are trading mixed. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 dropped 0.7%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng is trading in red.

US stocks closed mixed Wednesday. The US Fed kept interest rates unchanged. Dow Jones Industrial Average was near flat at 18,472.17 points. The S&P 500 index closed 0.12% lower at 2,166.58 points, while the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.58% at 5,139.81 points.

The Union cabinet has increased the foreign shareholding limit in Indian stock exchanges from 5% to 15%, as announced in the budget, bringing investments by foreign entities on par with those by domestic institutions.

Also, the cabinet approved key changes to the Constitution amendment bill for goods and services tax (GST), doing away with 1% additional levy on supply of goods, and proposing full compensation to states for five years for revenue loss arising from transition to GST.

The rupee opened higher by four paise at 67.06/$ against US Dollar Thursday as against the previous close of 67.27/$.

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