The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 22,960.00 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -50.00 point .The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 10,554.00 up with +0.14% percent or +15.20 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 31,169.00 with a loss of -0.18% percent or -57.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Asian markets largely fell in early trading Tuesday, despite gains on Wall Street and signs of easing trade tensions between the U.S. and China.
Japan’s Nikkei NIK, -0.18% was down slightly, after hitting a 3½-month high in Monday trading. Miners, banks and insurance companies led the losses in Tokyo, with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 8306, -0.24% and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. 8725, -2.75% in the red.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,013.29 up with +1.21% percent or +298.20 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,733.01 up with +0.74% percent or +20.04 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,394.04 up with +0.54% percent or +39.70 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,637.44 up with +0.66% percent or +10.81 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,011.82 up with +0.92% percent or +9.25 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,962.48 up with +0.98% percent or +19.11 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,200.53 with +0.83% percent or +9.88 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,625.35 up with +0.74% percent or +11.87 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,516.88 up with +0.74% percent or +11.17 point;