09:03 (IST)
Markets to open high
Aditya Agarwala, Senior Technical Analyst, YES Securities, said, "the Indian markets are slated to open with a huge GAP up as indicated by the SGX Nifty which is currently trading higher by 190 points or 2% to be precise. The entire Asian pack is trading in the green with gains of almost 2% Nikkei, Taiwan, Jakarta, and Straits are leading the gains followed by Shanghai and Hang Seng respectively. Overnight the European and the US markets ended trade ended with handsome gains. Currently, Dow Jones Futures is trading in the green with gains of 0.20%.
"On Wednesday, the Nifty shut shop well beyond the 9,400 resistance mark and is expected to continue its uptrend led by a 190 points GAP up opening in trade today as indicated by SGX Nifty. However, following this massive GAP up opening traders should watch out for the upper end of the rising wedge pattern which is placed at 9680-9700 levels, failure to trade beyond this crucial resistance level may lead to profit booking dragging it lower to levels of 9600-9500. On the flip side if bulls manage to maintain the Index beyond the 9700 level then the uptrend can extend further to levels of 9890,” Agarwala said.
Stock market today LIVE Update: GAP up opening likely for Sensex, Nifty; Raghuram Rajan to hold talks with Rahul Gandhi on economy
New York: Asian equity markets were poised to gain on Thursday, tracking Wall Street’s rally after positive trial results of an experimental COVID-19 treatment, a US Federal Reserve pledge to shore up the economy and a jump in oil prices.
A top US health official said Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir is likely to become the standard of care for COVID-19 after early results from a clinical trial showed it helped certain patients recover more quickly.
Investors expect the ensuing virus treatments to be critical in helping countries emerge from self-imposed lockdowns aimed at curbing the outbreak.
“The markets were up on expectation of the Gilead drug meeting the clinical end point, more regional re-opening in the US, and backstopping by the Fed after the chairman said that it will be overly accommodative,” said Thomas Hayes, chairman of Green Hill Capital.
Australian S&P/ASX 200 futures were up 2.02 percent, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 futures were down 0.2 percent at 23:00 GMT.
The Nikkei 225 index closed down 0.06 percent at 19,771.19 on Tuesday. The futures contract is up 3.26 percent from that close. Japanese markets were closed for a public holiday on Wednesday. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures were up 1.01 percent.
The US economy suffered its sharpest decline in 11 years, with first-quarter gross domestic product contracting 4.8 percent, marking the end of the longest US economic expansion on record.
At the conclusion of its two-day monetary policy meeting, the Fed left key interest rates near zero while Chair Jerome Powell warned the economy would drop at an “unprecedented rate” in the current quarter.
However, Powell also said the economy would pick up as restrictions were lifted and vowed the central bank would continue to support the recovery.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.21 percent, the S&P 500 gained 2.66 percent and the Nasdaq Composite added 3.57 percent.
The safe-haven dollar took a hit from rising risk appetite and the Fed’s pledge to shore up the US economy.
The dollar index, tracking the greenback against six major peers, fell 0.3 percent, with the euro up 0.5 percent to $1.0872. Benchmark US 10-year notes fell 2/32 in price to yield 0.6143 percent, down from 0.61 percent late on Tuesday.
Oil prices surged more than 10 percent after US crude stockpiles grew less than expected and gasoline posted a surprise draw, feeding optimism that fuel consumption would recover as some European countries and US states ease coronavirus lockdowns.
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures settled at $15.06 a barrel, jumping $2.72, or 22 percent. Brent crude futures settled at $22.54 a barrel, up $2.08, or 10.2 percent.
In Europe, automakers shares were lifted after German carmaker Daimler forecast operating profit at its Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans division above the prior-year level and rival Volkswagen said it expected to be profitable on a full-year basis..
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