The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,205.00 with +0.69% percent or +145.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,696.80 up with +1.10% percent or +126.75 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 29,121.50 up with +1.40% percent or +402.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Daiichi Sankyo Co 4568.T grabbed the spotlight with a 16 percent jump to a daily-limit and record high of 5,100 yen. The drugmaker is joining forces with AstraZeneca Plc AZN.L to develop and sell a Daiichi cancer drug. Nikkei share average .N225 rose 0.82 percent to 21,205.81. It fell 0.8 percent for the month, but gained 6.0 percent for the quarter.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,205.81  up with +0.82% percent or +172.05 point.the nifty closed at 11,603.75 up with +0.29% percent or +33.75 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,051.00 up with +0.96% percent or +275.79 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,717.46 up with +0.36% percent or +91.87 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,815.44 up with +0.36% percent or +10.07 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,669.17  up with +0.34% percent or +25.79 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,205.81 up with +0.82% percent or +172.05 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,032.67 up with +0.89% percent or +257.46  point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,090.76  up with +3.20% percent or +95.81 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,576.24  up with +1.16% percent or +443.36 point at 12:15 PM.