HERE ARE SOME FACTS TO KNOW BEFORE TRADING HOURS TODAY..

INDIAN MARKETS:

THE LEVELS OF VARIOUS INDIAN INDICES AT CLOSE YESTERDAY:

• NIFTY 19659.80 WAS DOWN BY 118.40 POINTS
• NIFTY BANK WAS TRADING AT 45679.20 WAS DOWN BY 383.05 POINTS
• NIFTY FINANCIAL SERVICES 20381.40 DOWN BY 159.70 POINTS
• SENSEX 66266.82 WAS DOWN BY 440.38 POINTS

GLOBAL MARKETS:

HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF VARIOUS GLOBAL INDICES:

• NASDAQ 100 WAS TRADING AT 15464.93 DOWN BY 34.34 POINTS;
• SSE COMPOSITE INDEX WAS TRADING AT 3216.6709 DOWN BY 6.3569 POINTS;
• NIKKEI 225 INDEX IS TRADING AT 32462.30 DOWN BY 428 POINTS
• GIFT NIFTY IS TRADING AT 19789.5 UP BY 129.5 POINTS

COMMODITY WATCH:

HERE ARE THE PRICES OF COMMODITIES AT GLOBAL LEVEL:

• CRUDE OIL IS TRADING AT 79.71 DOWN BY 0.06 DOLLARS.
• GOLD IS TRADING AT 1948.340 UP BY 3.015 DOLLARS;
• SILVER IS TRADING 24.16900 IS UP BY 0.04800 CENTS

CURRENCIES:

• EURUSD IS TRADING AT 1.09815 UP BY 0.00058 POINTS;
• GBPUSD IS TRADING AT 1.27945 DOWN BY 0.00002 POINTS;

NEWS TODAY:

• FII OFFLOADS SHARES WORTH 3979 CRORES, DII BUY FOR 2528 CRORES;
• AT 3.75% ECB RAISES INTEREST RATES TO 23 YEAR HIGH TO FIGHT INFLATION;
• NIFTY, SENSEX SLUPMS ON EXPIRY DAY, MIDCAPS, SMALLCAPS PERFORM