Stocks to watch today: Domestic equity markets are looking to start marginally higher on Friday with most markets in the Asia-Pacific trading higher. At 7:45 AM, SGX Nifty was up 24 points at 18,138 levels.
Elsewhere in Asia, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.02 per cent after the nationwide core consumer price index in Japan rose 4 per cent in December on an annualized basis, the fastest pace since 1981.
The Kospi in South Korea fell 0.21 per cent, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 pared earlier losses to gain 0.13 per cent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 0.85 per