Indian equities in Friday’s session (February 21, 2025) monitoring weak world cues opened decrease. Initially, the Nifty50 index misplaced 0.16 per cent or 36.15 factors to commerce at 22,877, whereas the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 0.17 per cent or 131 factors at 75,605.15.
Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Analysis), Mehta Equities famous that on the present juncture key issues of the market embrace Wall Road’s in a single day drop, looming Trump tariffs disrupting commerce, persistent US inflation, and a cautious Fed method on price cuts.
Asian markets
Asian shares in Friday’s session moved in a decent vary amid lingering issues over US commerce tariffs in addition to higher-for-longer rate of interest setting. Nevertheless, the important thing MSCI Asia ex Japan index was up over 1 per cent at 3:37 am GMT.
Hong Kong’s Hold Seng was up 2.8 per cent because the strong earnings from e-commerce main Alibaba lifted sentiment. Japan’s Nikkei, nonetheless, traded within the purple after stronger-than-expected January’s shopper inflation print.
