The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,880.00 with a loss of -0.14% percent or -30.00 point .The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 10,940.00 with a loss of – 0.07% percent or -7.80 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,270.00 with a loss of -1.33% percent or -380.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
But benchmarks recovered from session lows, with indexes in China, Hong Kong and Japan all down around 1.5%. Australia’s S&P/ASX XJO, -0.68% , Korea’s Kospi and Taiwan’s Taiex Y9999, -0.74% narrowed their declines to less than 1%, while New Zealand’s benchmark NZ50GR, -0.24% was little changed. S&P 500 futuresESH9, -0.86% fell 0.8%
After three days of solid gains, Japan’s Nikkei NIK, -1.19% was last down 1.3%, with exporters hit the hardest. Automakers Honda 7267, -1.07% , Toyota7203, -0.27% and Nissan 7201, -2.06% all fell, while chip-equipment maker Advantest 6857, -0.76% and imaging manufacturer Canon 7751, -0.48% dropped around 1%.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 24,919.66 up with +0.58% percent or +143.07 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,793.84 up with +0.35% percent or +9.67 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,759.20 up with +0.039% percent or +3.00 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,932.21 with a loss of -1.19% percent or -264.68 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,293.27 with a loss of -1.36% percent or -388.98 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,777.77 with a loss of -1.76% percent or -49.85 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,324.02 up with +0.23% percent or +84.40 point at 12:15 PM.