Nikkei Futures Opening Update as on 19 September 2018

The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,568.00 up with +4.47% percent or +1,008.00 point .The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,305.80 with  a loss of -0.11% percent or  -12.50 point.  The Hang Seng Future is trading at 27,423.50 up with +1.43% percent or +385.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Asian stock markets rose in early trading Wednesday, as Japanese stocks jumped further amid added gains for dollar-yen and bond yields and Chinese stocks shrugged off new tariffs.

Japan‘s Nikkei NIK, +1.08%   was up 1.4%, returning to late-January levels after having already bounced 3.6% the prior three trading days, finishing Tuesday at 7½-year highs. Life insurers Dai-ichi Life 8750, +4.21%   and T&D 8795, +3.47%   were up some 3% as yields on 10-year Treasurys (of which the firms are investors) have risen to 3.05%. The dollar USDJPY, -0.03%   was at ¥112.34, versus ¥111.95 at the end of Tokyo stock trading Tuesday.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
   
 For the day  Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,672.52  up with +1.08% percent or +251.98 point.the nifty closed at 11,277.80   with a loss of  -0.0098% percent or 1.10 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,427.88 up with  +1.27% percent or +343.22 point. 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,246.96  up with +0.71% percent or +184.84 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,904.31  up with  +0.54% percent or +15.51 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,956.11  up with +0.76% percent or +60.32 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,672.52 up with +1.08% percent or +251.98 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,389.72  up with +1.13% percent or  +305.06 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,730.09  up with +1.12% percent or  +30.14 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,323.79 up with 0.089%  percent or +33.12  point at 12:15 PM.