Stock Market Live Updates: Sensex, Nifty, Gift Nifty, Crude Oil, Nasdaq, Dow Jones | News
Stock Market Live on Friday, April 26 Indian equities may open with muted gains on Friday tracking mixed global cues. The Gift Nifty futures were up 20 points versus the Nifty 50 futures at 22,673 levels.
Markets in Asia-Pacific remained mixed with Japan’s Nikkei 225 up 0.32 per cent, while broad based Topix index added 0.07 per cent. South Korea’s Kospi hiked by 0.86 per cent.
Meanwhile, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell by 1.27 per cent. However, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained 1.15 per cent.
On the other hand, overnight in the US, all three indices dropped on lower than expected GDP data for the first quarter that came in with a growth of 1.6 per cent versus an estimated growth of 2.4 per cent by economists. Consequently, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.98 per cent. The S&P 500 slid by 0.46 per cent, and the Nasdaq Composite shed 0.64 per cent.
Brent crude notched up by 0.36 per cent at $89.33 per bbl.
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