Trading of Nifty 50 index futures on the Singapore stock exchange indicates that the Nifty could fall 3 points at the opening bell.

Overseas, Asian markets were trading lower as investors searched for direction ahead of a deadline when tariffs from the US and China are due to be implemented. A looming 6 July 2018 deadline is set to see the US impose a 25% tariff on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods from more than 800 product categories. China has also announced that it will retaliate with duties on the same value of US products.

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as shut on Wednesday for the Independence Day holiday.

Closer home, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth a net Rs 284.58 crore yesterday, 4 July 2018, as per provisional data released by the stock exchanges. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 611.01 crore yesterday, 4 July 2018, as per provisional data.

Key benchmark indices settled with modest gains yesterday, 4 July 2018. The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, rose 266.80 points or 0.75% to settle at 35,645.40. The Nifty 50 index rose 70 points or 0.65% to settle at 10,769.90. Upbeat June services PMI data boosted sentiment on the domestic bourses.