The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,153.00 up with +0.01% percent or +3.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,461.00 up with +0.80% percent or +90.95 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,494.00 with a loss of -0.09% percent or -25.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Japan’s Nikkei bounced from five-week lows to close sharply higher on Tuesday as cyclical stocks rose on short-covering following a sell-off the previous day driven by fears of a sharp global economic slowdown.
With the end of the business year looming on March 31 for a majority of listed Japanese companies, the market was also underpinned by investor purchases of stocks before they go ex-dividend later in the day.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,516.83 up with +0.057% percent or +14.51 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,798.36 with a loss of -0.084% percent or -2.35 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,637.54 with a loss of -0.067% percent or -5.13 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,428.39 up with +2.15% percent or +451.28 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,482.85 with a loss of -0.14% percent or -40.50 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,997.10 with a loss of -1.51% percent or -45.94 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,854.39 up with +0.12% percent or +48.58 point at 12:15 PM.