Global market today: On account of strong US dollar, US Fed officials hawkish stance on interest rate hike and renewed fear of US inflation, global market sentiments continued to remain negative for fourth straight session on Wednesday. Dollar index gained further strength after regaining 104 levels and put gold prices under pressure. Signaling relief rally in early morning deals on Thursday, SGX Nifty today opened higher and made a high of 17,634 as US bond yield and dollar index have witnessed some profit booking in early morning session on Thursday.
Here we list out top factors that may dictate stock market today:
US stocks
Wall Street ended mixed on Wednesday as bulls favoured tech and metal stocks whereas bears continue to drag the market by selling oil and gas, financial and utility stocks. Dow Jones ended 0.26 per cent lower, S&P went off 0.16 per cent whereas tech heavy weight Nasdaq added 0.13 per cent.
“Bottom line is that many market headwinds aren’t going away and investors should expect volatility to stay as they parse over the impact rates being higher for longer will have,” said Mike Loewengart at Morgan Stanley Global investment Office.
Asian markets
In early morning session on Thursday, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is up 0.25 per cent, Shanghai index is trading 0.19 per cent higher whereas South Korean KOSPI is up to the tune of one per cent.
Signaling relief rally in early morning session on Dalal Street, SGX Nifty today opened higher and went on to consolidate its morning gains by hitting intraday high of 17,633. Currently, SGX Nifty is 58 points higher at 17,615 levels.
Suggesting sell on rise to intraday traders, Anuj Gupta, Vice President — Research at IIFL Securities said, “Immediate support for SGX Nifty today is 17,450 whereas major support is placed at 17,300 levels. On the upper side, 17,700 is expected to act as immediate resistance while 17,850 would be the major hurdle for the index. As markets have failed to breach its resistance, one should maintain sell on rise strategy as any rise should be seen as relief rally on Thursday session.”
Crude oil price
Oil prices went up in early morning deals in Asian trade on Thursday, pausing from a six-day losing streak. Brent crude futures rose 2 cents to $80.62 per barrel while West Texas Intermediate crude futures (WTI) rose 0.1 per cent to $74.04 a barrel.
US dollar
US currency is witnessing some profit booking after regaining 104 levels. In early morning session on Thursday, dollar index is 0.10 per cent down at 104.362 levels.
US bond yield
US 10 year bond yield is down 0.09 per cent at 3.920 while US 30 year bond yield crashed 1.48 per cent to 3.917 levels.
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