Sensex Today: Indian equity benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, are likely to witness a solid start on Wednesday amid positive sentiment around the finalisation of the India-European Union Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) and upbeat global cues.
At 07:35 AM, the GIFT Nifty index futures was trading at 25,449.5 levels, up by 31.50 points or 0.12 per cent.
Global Cues
Asian markets were trading mixed. Last checked, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was down 1.43 per cent, while South Korea’s KOSPI index rose 1.48 per cent. Australia’s S&P ASX 200 was trading almost flat with a negative bias.
On Tuesday, the US equity markets settled on a mixed note, with the S&P 500 hitting a record closing high for a fifth consecutive session, as optimism ahead of megacap earnings was offset by mixed corporate results and a sharp selloff in health insurer stocks. The S&P 500 index rose 0.41 per cent to close at 6,978.60 levels, the Nasdaq Composite index gained 0.91 per cent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.83 per cent.
