Stock Market Live Updates: GIFT Nifty Indicates Positive Open; Infosys, Varun Beverages Shares In Focus

• Nifty December futures up by 0.6% to 26037 at a premium of 60 points.

• Nifty December futures open interest down by 5.5%.

• Nifty Options on Dec 23: Maximum Call open interest at 26,000 and Maximum Put open interest at 25,900.

• The US Dollar index is up 0.01% at 98.255.

• Euro was up 0.08% at 1.1719.

• Pound was up 0.11% at 1.3394.

• Yen was down 0.32% at 157.28.

• S&P 500 futures rose 0.2% as of 9:26 a.m. Tokyo time

• Hang Seng futures rose 0.5%

• Japan’s Topix rose 0.8%

• Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.7%

• Euro Stoxx 50 futures fell 0.1%

Asian stocks began the week on a firmer note, following Friday’s rally on Wall Street that reinforced optimism for a strong year-end for global markets.

MSCI Inc.’s Asia Pacific equity index climbed 0.5%, led by gains in technology shares. The benchmark had sealed a 1.9% weekly drop on Friday - its first decline in four weeks. US equity futures were also higher in early Asian trading on Monday.

Silver rose to a record and gold pushed higher on worsening geopolitical tensions and expectations for more Federal Reserve rate cuts next year.

The white metal advanced as much as 0.6% to $67.5519 an ounce. In addition, spot gold surpasses October peak to set fresh record high.