Nikkei Futures Opening Update as on 13 March 2019

The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,093.00  up with +0.20% percent or +43.00 point .The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,356.00 up with +0.17% percent or +19.15 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,833.50 with a loss of -0.25% percent or -71.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Japan’s Nikkei ended lower on Wednesday as weak machinery orders dragged down shares of machinery makers and exporters, and investors worried about Britain’s exit from the European Union took profits.

Financial stocks, which benefit from higher yields, also underperformed as U.S. yields tumbled under pressure from weak inflation data, supporting expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady this year.

The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 1.0 percent lower to 21,290.24 points, after surging 1.8 percent the previous day.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
   
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,290.24  with a loss of -0.99% percent or -213.45 point. the nifty closed at 11,329.60 up with +0.25% percent or +28.00 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,807.45  with a loss of -0.39% percent or -113.42 point. 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,554.66 with a loss of -0.38% percent or -96.22 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,791.52 up with +0.30% percent or +8.22 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,591.03 up with +0.44% percent or +32.97  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,290.24 with a loss of -0.99% percent or -213.45 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,789.40   with a loss of -0.45% percent or -131.47  point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,026.95   with a loss of -1.09% percent or -33.36 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,630.92  up with +0.25% percent or +95.26 point at 12:15 PM.