| Dow 7660 |  | -115.65 | (-1.49%) |
| Nasdaq 1517 | | -39.25 | (-2.52%) |
| S&P 806 | | -16.67 | (-2.03%) |
Europe
| FTSE 100 3911 | | -41.35 | (-1.05%) |
| CAC 40 2874 |  | +4.82 | (+0.17%) |
| DAX 30 4187 | | +10.99 | (+0.26%) |
Asia at 9 30 AM
| Nikkei 225 8489 | | +0.80 | (+0.01%) |
| Hang Seng 13799 | | -111.57 | (-0.80%) |
Commodities
| Light Crude (NYM) | 53.98 | (+0.18) |
| Gold (CMX) | 923.80 | (-28.70) |
Market Data
Nifty resistance at 3035 / 3086 , support at 2894 / 2807
SGX Nifty 2946 + 30 pts
| FII | DII | |||||
| Trade Date | Buy | Sales | Net | Buy | Sales | Net |
| 24/3/09 | 2,077.60 | 1,575.84 | 501.76 | 1,290.55 | 1,483.54 | -192.99 |
News Today
* U.S. President Obama presented a sober assessment of the state of the economy in his prime time news conference but insisted his administration has a strategy in place to "attack this crisis on all fronts." full story
* Fed's Bernanke and Treasury's Geithner flatly reject call from Chinese central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan to drop the dollar as the world's key reserve currency.
* Exports from the world's second-largest economy sink by a record 49.4%, though a drop in imports swings balance to surplus.
* Gold falls farther as dollar regains ground , Oil close to $54.
* HDFC Bank has toppled ICICI Bank as the country's most valued private sector bank, after its shares surged over 6% on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Tuesday
