Asian indices opened flat to positive as most currencies adjusted to the renewed bout of strength in the US$. The US$ now looks very heavily overbought as consensus bullishness makes the gains a one way street which could cap the upside in the near term. Oil rallied marginally as US equities flirted with 19500 before profit booking trimmed the gains. Gold continues to test bear market territory & could well be the casualty asset class for 2017.
China's Shanghai Composite opened at 3,111.51, Hong Kong's Hang Seng opened at 21,996.38, Singapore's Straits Times started at 2,934.29 while Japan's Nikkei 225 opened at 19,438.39.
The US benchmark indices ended on a positive note with key indices gaining more than 0.30%. Following the rate hike announced by the US Federal Reserve's Monetary Policy Commttee, the shares of financial companies gained wherein banks' shares rose the most as they see maximum benefit from a rise in interest rates in the US.
S&P 500 ended at 2262 up 0.39%, Nasdaq Composite closed at 5456 up 0.37% and Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day at 19852 up 0.30%.
The December futures of Nifty 50 ended at a premium of 19.45 points to the spot index, and open interest in the contract fell 6.0% to 15.58 mn. Post rate hike by the US Fed, it seems interest rates are rising by 75 basis points in 2017 as compared with 50 basis points earlier, which is set to raise the cost of funds for foreign funds who invest in emerging markets like India.
At 09:56 AM, the S&P BSE Sensex is trading at 26524 up 5 points, while NSE Nifty is trading at 8,149 down 3 points. A total of 13 stocks registered a fresh 52-week high in trade today, while 12 stocks touched a new 52-week low on the NSE.
Out of 1875 stocks traded on the NSE, 552 declined, 880 advanced and 443 remained unchanged today.
The BSE Mid-cap Index is trading up 0.06% at 12247, whereas BSE Small-cap Index is trading up 0.26% at 12175.
Some buying activity is observed in Auto, Conusmer Durables, Information Technology, Telecommunications sectors, while Oil & Gas, Metal, Pharma, Bank, FMCG are showing weakness on BSE.
Tata Motors, Infosys, Bank of Baroda, HDFC, Tata Motor DVR, Zee, NTPC, Maruti, TCS, Infratel are among the gainers, whereas Aurobindo Pharma, Sun Pharma, ONGC, Ultartech Cement, M&M, HCL Tech, Hindalco, Tata Power, ACC, Idea are losing sheen on NSE.
The INDIA VIX is down 2.18% at 15.3.
China's Shanghai Composite opened at 3,111.51, Hong Kong's Hang Seng opened at 21,996.38, Singapore's Straits Times started at 2,934.29 while Japan's Nikkei 225 opened at 19,438.39.
The US benchmark indices ended on a positive note with key indices gaining more than 0.30%. Following the rate hike announced by the US Federal Reserve's Monetary Policy Commttee, the shares of financial companies gained wherein banks' shares rose the most as they see maximum benefit from a rise in interest rates in the US.
S&P 500 ended at 2262 up 0.39%, Nasdaq Composite closed at 5456 up 0.37% and Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day at 19852 up 0.30%.
The December futures of Nifty 50 ended at a premium of 19.45 points to the spot index, and open interest in the contract fell 6.0% to 15.58 mn. Post rate hike by the US Fed, it seems interest rates are rising by 75 basis points in 2017 as compared with 50 basis points earlier, which is set to raise the cost of funds for foreign funds who invest in emerging markets like India.
At 09:56 AM, the S&P BSE Sensex is trading at 26524 up 5 points, while NSE Nifty is trading at 8,149 down 3 points. A total of 13 stocks registered a fresh 52-week high in trade today, while 12 stocks touched a new 52-week low on the NSE.
Out of 1875 stocks traded on the NSE, 552 declined, 880 advanced and 443 remained unchanged today.
The BSE Mid-cap Index is trading up 0.06% at 12247, whereas BSE Small-cap Index is trading up 0.26% at 12175.
Some buying activity is observed in Auto, Conusmer Durables, Information Technology, Telecommunications sectors, while Oil & Gas, Metal, Pharma, Bank, FMCG are showing weakness on BSE.
Tata Motors, Infosys, Bank of Baroda, HDFC, Tata Motor DVR, Zee, NTPC, Maruti, TCS, Infratel are among the gainers, whereas Aurobindo Pharma, Sun Pharma, ONGC, Ultartech Cement, M&M, HCL Tech, Hindalco, Tata Power, ACC, Idea are losing sheen on NSE.
The INDIA VIX is down 2.18% at 15.3.
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