Stocks to watch: Domestic equity markets are likely to open on firm ground on mixed global cues and easing crude oil prices. At 7:05 am, the SGX Nifty Futures quoted 16,990 levels, up 50 points.
Globally, the US markets were mixed on Tuesday. Dow Jones was the only index that shut shop green, up 0.1 per cent. NASDAQ Composite and the S&P 500, however, declined up to 1 per cent.
Asia-Pacific markets followed suit to trade mixed on Wednesday. Nikkei 225, Topix, Kospi, and Kosdaq declined up to 0.3 per cent.
Back home, weak foreign flows, rupee movement, easing crude