Stocks to watch today: Domestic equity markets are likely to start Friday’s trade on a positive note amid steady foreign or domestic flows and softened crude oil prices. At 7:35 am, the SGX Nifty quoted 18,422 levels, up 79-odd points.
Globally, the US markets declined overnight as investors assessed prospects of higher rate hikes by the Fed. Dow Jones, NASDAQ Composite, and the S&P 500, dropped up to 0.3 per cent.
Asia-Pacific markets, however, inched higher in early trades as Nikkei 225, Topix, Kospi, the S&P 200, Hang Seng, and Shanghai Composite indices rose up to 1 per cent.
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