Markets Closed ; No Gift For Wall Street On Christmas Eve

Indian equity, forex, Money and Commodity Markets will remain closed today on account of Christmas.

On Thursday, markets ended flat on caution ahead of the December F& amp;O expiry next week. The S&P BSE Sensex ended down 12 points at 25,839 and the Nifty50 ended 5 points lower at 7,861.

Among the Asian equities, Japan's Nikkei extended its rally and has gained marginally. Shanghai Composite and SGX Nifty were also trading with 0.1% gains. 

Oil prices rose marginally, with US crude set for gains for a fourth straight day. But the S&P energy sector snapped a three-day winning streak, declining 0.91 percent. Exxon Mobil lost 1.07 percent and was the biggest drag on the benchmark S&P 500. The largest positive influence on the S&P was Facebook, up 0.37 percent.

 A rally earlier this week left the S&P 500 marginally in positive territory for 2015, but the index is still down almost 1 percent for December, disappointing investors hoping for a rally ahead of Christmas Day.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 0.29 percent to end at 17,552.17 points and the S&P 500 dipped 0.16 percent to 2,060.99. The Nasdaq Composite added 2.56 points or 0.05 percent to 5,048.49. Nine of the 10 S&P sectors declined. Data on Thursday showed jobless claims fell to 267,000 last week, beating the 270,000 estimated. Claims have stayed below 300,000 for 42 weeks in a row, helping the Federal Reserve's view of a stabilizing labor market.

The S&P 500 index showed 11 new 52-week highs and no new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 47 new highs and 29 new lows.

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