New Delhi, 20 March (H.S.): Wall Street clawed back from lows Thursday closing with slim losses after President Donald Trump signaled no new Israeli strikes on Iranian energy assets and no US ground troops boosting sentiment into Friday where Dow futures jumped 1.04 percent.SP 500 shed 0.27 percent to 6606.49 Nasdaq dipped 0.28 percent but Dow futures rose 479.74 points to 46501.17 as Europes FTSE plunged 2.40 percent to 10063.50 CAC 2.07 percent to 7807.87 DAX 2.90 percent to 22839.56 under selling pressure.

Asia flipped positive with five of nine markets green GIFT Nifty up 0.68 percent to 23276.50 Kospi 0.59 percent to 5797.13 SET 0.90 percent to 1430.17 Taiwan Weighted 0.16 percent to 33742.21 Shanghai Composite 0.16 percent to 4013.16 while Hang Seng fell 0.71 percent to 25319 Straits Times 0.26 percent to 4954.66 Jakarta and Nikkei closed for holidays.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar