The SGX Nifty opened on a negative note today.
At 8:05 am, it was trading down by 250 points, or 1.5% lower at 16,261 levels.
Trends on SGX Nifty indicate a gap-down opening for Indian stock markets.
Asian stock markets took a beating in early deals today as a report of a nuclear power plant on fire amid continued fierce fighting between Ukraine and Russian troops further unnerved investors.
The Hang Seng and the Shanghai Composite are trading down by 2.2% and 0.5%, respectively. The Nikkei is trading down by 2.1%.
In US stock markets, Wall Street ended lower on Thursday, with growth stocks including Tesla and Amazon denting the Nasdaq, as the Ukraine crisis kept investors on edge.
Tesla dropped 4.6% and Amazon lost 2.7%, both contributing more than any other stocks to the Nasdaq's steep decline.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, while the S&P 500 lost 0.5%. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.6%.
US stock futures are trading on a negative note today with Dow Futures down by 134 points.
Gold prices today, eyeing its best weekly gain since May 2021, as investors scrambled for safe-haven assets after Russia attacked a nuclear power plant in Ukraine - the largest of its kind in Europe.
Crude oil prices rebounded today as the disruption of Russian oil exports because of western sanctions outweighed the prospect of more Iranian supplies from a possible nuclear deal.
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