The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 22,530.00 up with +0.04%  percent or +10.00  point . The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,331.00 up with +0.22% percent or +24.35 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,644.00  with a loss of -0.30% percent or -85.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Asian stock markets largely dropped in early trading Monday following declines on Wall Street on Friday.

Japan’s Nikkei NIK, -0.74%   was off 0.5% even as the yen was barely higher versus other currencies. Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai’s shares4523, -5.33%   continued to take a beating, falling 4.2% as it continued to drop after the U.S. FDA said last week that more testing was needed for a closely watched Alzheimer’s drug. Its shares are still up 25% for the month.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

   
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,544.84  with a loss of -0.74% percent or  -167.91 point. the nifty closed at 11,308.65 up with +0.27% percent or +30.30 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,733.13  with -0.25% percent or -71.15 point. 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,451.06  with a loss of -0.30% percent or -76.01 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,818.82  with a loss of -0.66% percent or -18.62 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,737.42 with a loss of -1.46% percent or -114.77 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,544.84  with a loss of -0.74% percent or -167.91 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,713.31 with a loss of -0.32% percent or -90.97 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,869.05 with  a loss of  -0.16% percent or -4.54  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,460.62 up with  +0.33% percent or +123.77  point at 12:15 PM.