The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 19,982.00 with a loss of -0.09% percent or -18.00 point .The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 10,932.80 up with +0.23% percent or +25.05 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 25,884.00 up with +0.98% percent or +251.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Biggest losers included J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which lost 8.96% or 124.0 points to trade at 1260.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) declined 5.54% or 205.0 points to end at 3495.0 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) shed 4.78% or 115.0 points to 2293.0.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.85% or 1.27 to $45.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.35% or 1.24 to hit $53.97 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.95 to trade at $1280.15 a troy ounce.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 23,062.40 with a loss of -0.33% percent or -76.42 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,485.74 with a loss of -0.12% percent or -3.09 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 6,584.52 up with +0.076% percent or +5.03 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,014.77 with a loss of -0.31% percent or -62.85 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,845.70 up with +1.34% percent or +341.50 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,493.90 up with +0.44% percent or +10.81 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,073.61 with a loss of -0.0086% percent or -3.11 point at 12:15 PM.
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