Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Domestic equity market place benchmarks BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 had been after once again set to open in the positive territory on the last day of the week, as recommended by trends on SGX Nifty. Nifty futures had been trading 47 points or .30 per cent up at 15,461 in early trade on Singaporean Exchange. In the earlier session, Nifty 50 index made a record closing at 15,338 level, though BSE Sensex settled at 51,115. Today all eyes will be glued to the 43rd Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting later in the day. Asian peers had been seen trading in the green on Friday with Japan’s Nikkei increasing almost 2 per cent though the Topix index gained 1.78 per cent. South Korea’s Kospi added more than half a per cent greater. In overnight trade on Wall Street, US stock indices ended mainly greater. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index gained .4 per cent, the broad-based S&P500 index was up .1 per cent, though the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index ended flat.
After almost eight months, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 43rd Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting by way of video conferencing at 11 am in New Delhi on May 28, 2021. The meeting will be attended by MOS Anurag Thakur apart from Finance Ministers of States and UTs and Senior officers from Union Government and States. The GST Council is essential to meet after in every single quarter. The last meet was held on October 5, which then got extended and ended on October 12, 2020, to finalise contours of borrowings by states to meet shortfall in tax revenues.