The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,685.00  with a loss of -0.07% percent or -15.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,664.00 with a loss of -0.67% percent or -78.30 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 30,125.50  with a loss of -0.26% percent or -78.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

World stocks slipped below the six-month high they reached earlier this week as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened more tariffs against the European Union, though the prospect of European Central Bank largesse kept them from falling too far.

Trump threatened on Tuesday to impose tariffs on $11 billion worth of EU products in a long-running dispute over aircraft subsidies, opening a new front in his global trade war. and Asian stocks fell, and the MSCI world equity index .MIWD00000PUS , which tracks shares in 47 countries, dropped below the six-month low reached earlier in the week.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,687.57   with a loss of -0.53% percent or -115.02  point.the nifty closed at 11,589.05  with a loss of -0.71% percent or -82.90 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,119.56 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -37.93 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,150.58  with a loss of -0.72% percent or -190.44 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,878.20 with a loss of -0.61% percent or -17.57 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,909.28   with a loss of -0.56% percent or -44.61 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,687.57  with a loss of -0.53% percent or -115.02 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,111.64  with a loss of -0.15% percent or -45.85   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,241.93  up with +0.070% percent or +2.27 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,732.22  with a loss of  -0.53% percent or -207.00 point at 12:15 PM.