The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,638.00 with a loss of -0.29% percent or -62.00 point . The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 10,576.00  with a loss of -0.43% percent or -45.60 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 25,929.50 up with +0.10% percent or +26.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Japanese stocks ended with gains in a mixed day for Asian markets.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 0.7%, to close at 21,646.55, with automaker Nissan up 0.7% ahead of board meeting set to decide the fate of embattled chairman Carlos Ghosn later Thursday.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng put on 0.3% while the Shanghai Composite lost 0.2% in afternoon trading.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

   
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,646.55  up with +0.65% percent or +139.01  point.the nifty closed at 10,571.45  with a loss of -0.27% percent or -28.60 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,019.41  up with +0.18% percent or +47.94 point. 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,464.69  with a loss of 0.0039% percent or  ?0.95 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,649.93 up with +0.30% percent or +8.04 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 6,972.25  up with +0.92% percent or +63.43  point.-119.65  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,646.55 up with +0.65% percent or+139.01 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,067.30 up with +0.38% percent or +94.08 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,645.43  with a loss of -0.23% percent or  -6.07 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,179.41  with a loss of -0.053% percent or -18.80 point at 12:15 PM.