Japan's Nikkei index fell on Friday to post its third straight weekly loss after a Spanish bond auction failed to extinguish fears of a renewed euro zone debt crisis, but a weaker yen offered support.
Crude oil prices gained on Thursday, ahead of a closely watched Spanish bond auction, bouncing from a two-month low set the previous session, with some investors seeing recent sharp falls as a good buying opportunity.
How is trade going to be today? Will we cross the psychological 5000? What are the cues? Listen in!
Adrian Foster of Rabobank spoke to CNBC-TV18 about his reading of global markets and its effect on India.
CNBC-TV18 catches up with Richard Harris of Quam Asset Management to figure out if the rally in global markets is sustainable and what he expects of the markets towards year-ending.
Forex - EUR/GBP close to 10-month low after Ifo, Spanish bond auction
Achilleas Georgolopoulos, Strategist-Interest Rates at Lloyds TSB talks to CNBC-TV18's Menaka Doshi about the European bond markets and their impact on the Eurozone economy.
Today, with the way the wind is blowing, we are probably staring at 4,900 on Nifty, says CNBC-TV18's Managing Editor Udayan Mukherjee.