The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 22,240.00 up with +0.09% percent or  +20.00 point . The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 10,681.30 with a loss of -0.19%  percent or  -20.80 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 30,412.00   with a loss of – 0.28% percent or  -85.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The long-awaited introduction of Chinese shares to a set of widely followed global benchmarks took effect on Friday, but its impact on stock markets was short-lived.

China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, -0.66%  ended down 0.7%, following a 1.8% gain the previous day. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng IndexHSI, +0.08%  logged a 0.1% gain, building on Thursday’s 1.4% jump.

Global index provider MSCI Inc. MSCI, +0.36%  added around 230 mainland-listed Chinese stocks to its flagship Emerging Markets Index 891800, +0.74%  , and other indexes — a move expected to draw billions of dollars from investment funds into yuan-denominated stocks.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

   

WORLD MARKETS

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,633.61 with a loss of -0.87% percent or -14.38 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,007.54   with a loss of  -1.07% percent or -10.92 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,946.43  with a loss of  -1.09% percent or  -21.53 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,188.91  with a loss of -0.50% percent or  -5.99 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,610.67  with  a loss of -0.71% percent or  -11.47 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,502.31 with a loss of  -0.69% percent or   – 10.48 point;