In the overnight session, Wall Street ended lower, pulled down by losses in Apple and Tesla. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.46%, the S&P 500 lost 0.81% and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.69%. Meanwhile, in Asia, the stocks were trading marginally higher as investors shrugged off concerns that stocks may have rallied too far too fast in the past year and focused instead on optimism that more imminent US stimulus will energise the global economic recovery. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.6%, South Korea’s Kospi index added 0.3% while Japan's Topix index was flat. Tracking cues from global peers, domestic markets look set to open higher for the 3rd day in a row, although gains are likely to be meek. At 7.15 am, Nifty futures on SGX were up 23 points, indicating a flat-to-positive start for D-Street.