Indian equities today is likely to start off, taking breathe from two-day post-Budget rally. On Thursday, Sensex closed at a 4-month high. Pre-market indicator SGX Nifty is up 19 points at 8753.50.

Invertor keeping on eye for the first stock-exchange listing in the country. BSE will be listing on NSE today. The issue raised Rs 1,243 crore, representing 28.26 percent of the pre-share sale capital, via OFS.

Other Asian markets opened mildly higher, investor eyed tension between US President Donald Trump and China markets reopened after the weej-long lunar New Year holiday break.

US stocks ended mostly flat as investors looked ahead to today's jobs report, amid growing tensions with other global powers. Investors also focused on economic data, as initial jobless claims fell 14,000 to 246,000.

European stocks closed lower after the Bank of England decided to keep its monetary policy unchanged, but raised its growth forecasts for 2017. 

Crude prices rise but gains capped as rising u-s crude supplies offset OPEC output cuts and expectations US could be set to issue new Iran sanctions.

Gold prices slipped marginally on profit-taking amid a dollar rebound, but held above USD 1,200 an ounce.

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