First Tick: Top 10 global cues for today’s trade

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Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty 50 are likely to open on a positive note on September 2, tracking cues from GIFT Nifty trading near 25,417.50, a short while ago this morning.

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Benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex held steady in positive territory to end the day at record closing on August 30, driven by a sharp rally in realty and pharma stocks that boosted market sentiment. Notably, both indices touched fresh highs at the opening bell.

Nifty 50 logged gains for the twelfth consecutive session in the longest-ever rally.

At close, the Sensex was up 231 points or 0.28 percent at 82,365.77, and the Nifty was up 83.90 points or 0.33 percent at 25,235.90. About 2,115 shares advanced, 1,630 shares declined, and 117 shares unchanged.

Here is how financial markets across the globe fared overnight:

GIFT Nifty (Gains)

The GIFT Nifty is trading higher, indicating a positive start for the day. Nifty futures were trading at 25,417.50 at 07:10 am IST.

Asian Equities (Gain)

Asian share markets got off to a quiet start on Monday as investors braced for a data-packed week culminating in a US jobs report that could decide whether a rate cut expected this month will be regular or super-sized.

Wall Street stocks rose and the Dow scored a second consecutive all-time closing high on Friday, with Tesla and Amazon climbing after fresh U.S. economic data raised expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates modestly in September.

The S&P 500 climbed 1.01% to end at 5,648.40 points. The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 1.13% to 17,713.62 points, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.55% to 41,563.08 points.

There is no trading on treasury bonds on Monday due to the US holiday, but the 10-year yield stood at 3.9110% following a 4.4-bp rise on Friday.

The dollar climbed to a two-week top against the euro on Monday as traders pared bets for aggressive policy easing by the Federal Reserve with the focus now moving to a crucial U.S. jobs report at the end of this week.

Asian currencies were trading lower mostly against the US dollar in the early trade on Monday, with the Malaysian Ringgit, Indonesian Rupiah, Philippines Peso leading the losers, while the Singapore Dollar, and China Renminbi, trading with gains.

Gold prices were flat at USD 2502.67, while Silver prices were down marginally at USD 28.80 in the early trade on Monday.

Oil prices extended losses on Monday with investors weighing higher OPEC+ production from October against a sharp drop in output from Libya amid sluggish demand in China and the U.S., the world's two biggest oil consumers.

LME commodities price were trading mixed in the early trade on Monday with Nickel down more than 1 percent, while Lead and Zinc gained 0.5 percent each.

The foreign institutional investors (FIIs) extended their buying as they bought equities worth Rs 5316 crore on August 30, while domestic institutional investors sold equities worth Rs 3198 crore on the same day.

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