Stocks to watch today: A positive open is likely for the domestic equity markets on Thursday amidst mixed global cues. At 7:40 am, the SGX Nifty quoted 17,903 levels, up over 50-odd points.
Globally, weak quarterly earnings from tech stocks weighed on the Wall Street on Wednesday. Tech-heavy index, NASDAQ Composite lost over 2 per cent, whereas Dow Jones was flat at 0.01 per cent, and the S&P 500 declined 0.7 per cent.
On the commodities front, Brent Crude climbed 0.3 per cent to $96 per barrel, on strong US crude exports and weaker dollar. WTI Crude, on the other