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The Nifty Futures on the Singapore Exchange, an early indicator of Nifty performance in India, climbed 0.1 percent to 8,785.
U.S. shared snapped a two-day losing streak courtesy an unexpected pickup in services sector activity and rising oil prices. The ISM's purchasing managers index for the service sector, the key engine of the American economy, jumped to 57.1, the highest level in nearly a year, after slumping to 51.4 in August.
The odds for a Fed rate hike in December rose to 62 percent, according to futures rates tracked by Bloomberg.
Crude oil declined 0.6 percent to $49.53 a barrel in New York, after advancing 2.3 percent on Wednesday to its highest close in more than three months. U.S. stockpiles fell below 500 million barrels last week for the first time since January, official data show.
This morning Asian stocks rose as the yen’s slide to a one-month low boosted Japanese exporters and energy companies rallied following a pickup in oil prices.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed to a one-week high, while the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index held near a two-week high.