Sensex, Nifty, Nikkei, KOSPI to US stocks: Global markets’ equity heatmap before Indian stock market opens on Thursday

Global markets today: Asian markets opened higher, as the global market bias turned mildly positive after strong buying in the US stock market on Wednesday. The Japanese Nikkei 225 index is largely flat, but the South Korean KOSPI index is trading with a sizeable gain. For the Indian stock market, the Gift Nifty live chart is signalling a gap-up start, with the index trading around 150 points higher than yesterday’s spot Nifty 50 close and over 100 points higher than its previous close. However, elevated crude oil prices and rising global bond yields continue to weigh on investor sentiment. “The…