Nikkei Futures Opening Update as on 02 May 2018

The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 22,490.00 up with +0.09% percent or +20.00 point . The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 10,739.40  with a loss of -0.38% percent or -40.90 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 30,549.00 with +0.01% percent or +2.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Asia-Pacific stock moves were muted in early trading Wednesday, after most overseas benchmarks saw little change the previous day.

Most markets in the region were closed Tuesday for the Labor Day holiday, and Japan will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Investors on Wednesday are awaiting cues from U.S.-China trade negotiations, along with the release of both a raft of April manufacturing data from Asia and the Federal Reserve’s latest policy statement. It isn’t expected to include another rate hike — that’s expected at June’s meeting.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

   
For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,472.78  with a loss of -0.16% percent or -35.25 point. the nifty closed at 10,718.05  with a loss of -0.20% percent or -21.30  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,723.88   with a loss of -0.27% percent or -84.57  point. 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,099.05 with a loss of -0.27% percent or -64.10 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,654.80 up with +0.25% percent or +6.75 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,130.70 up with +0.91% percent or +64.44 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,550.34  up with +0.55%  percent or +8.46 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 951.88 up  with +0.46% percent or +4.37 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,879.57  up with +0.38% percent or +7.12   point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,164.40  up with +0.32% percent or +3.67 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,574.18 up with +0.27%percent or +4.27 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,471.94 up with +0.25% percent or+3.66 point;