Nikkei Futures Opening Update as on 15 April 2019

The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 22,158.00 with a loss of -0.10% percent or -22.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,699.00 with a loss of -0.04% percent or -4.85 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 29,843.00 with a loss of -0.36% percent or -107.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.(T:6976), which rose 5.42% or 134.0 points to trade at 2606.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 4.99% or 245.0 points to end at 5150.0 andKawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 4.86% or 67.0 points to 1446.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925), which lost 3.80% or 124.0 points to trade at 3142.0 in late trade. Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) declined 2.32% or 115.0 points to end at 4834.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) shed 1.47% or 16.0 points to 1073.0

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,169.11  up with +1.37% percent or +298.55 point.the nifty closed at 11,674.75 up with +0.27% percent or +31.30 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,824.78 with a loss of -0.28% percent or -84.98 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,412.30  up with +1.03% percent or +269.25 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,907.41 up with +0.66% percent or +19.09 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,984.16  up with +0.46% percent or +36.80 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,169.11  up with +1.37% percent or +298.55 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,916.30 up with +0.022% percent or +6.54   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,177.79 with a loss of -0.34% percent or -10.84 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,882.32  up with +0.30% percent or +115.21 point at 12:15 PM.