GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP
* Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange fell 0.05
percent. The MSCI-Asia Pacific index, excluding Japan
was down 0.1 percent.
* With the Lunar New Year holiday shutting most Asian
financial centres, including those in Japan, China, Hong Kong,
Singapore and South Korea, trading was light and potentially
volatile on those exchanges that remained open.
* The Nasdaq composite stock index closed at a
12-year high and the S&P 500 index at a five-year high,
boosted by gains in technology shares...