The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 22,218.00 with a loss of -0.10% percent or -22.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,649.20 with a loss of -1.04% percent or -121.85 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 30,087.50 with a loss of -0.23% percent or -69.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 4.26% or 250.0 points to trade at 5620.0 in late trade. Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253) declined 3.48% or 52.0 points to end at 1444.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) shed 3.07% or 130.0 points to to 4105.0
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.54% or 1.63 to $65.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.90% or 2.09 to hit $74.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.65 to trade at $1279.65 a troy ounce.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,559.54 up with +0.40% percent or +106.88 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,905.03 up with +0.16% percent or +4.58 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,998.06 up with +0.025% percent or +1.98 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,217.90 up with +0.078% percent or +17.34 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,963.26 with a loss of -0.54% percent or -161.42 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,215.04 with a loss of -1.70% percent or -55.76 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,869.10 with a loss of -0.69% percent or -271.12 point at 12:15 PM.