The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 22,258.73 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -48.85 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,843.00 up with +0.44% percent or +51.45 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 29,480.00 with a loss of -1.13% percent or -338.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
His 31-year imperial era known as Heisei, which can be translated as “achieving peace,” will come to an end with a ceremony attended by about 300 political leaders and dignitaries starting at about 5 p.m. local time at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The next morning, his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, 59, will ascend the throne in ceremonies also at the palace.
Akihito, 85, helped modernize the world’s oldest hereditary monarchy. He was the first Japanese emperor to marry a commoner — Empress Michiko — and the first to reign entirely under the U.S.-drafted postwar, pacifist constitution that made the role strictly symbolic.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,592.91 up with +0.15% percent or +38.52 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,945.83 up with +0.095% percent or +2.80 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,095.39 wilth a loss of -0.81% percent or -66.47 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,258.73 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -48.85 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,699.11 with a loss of -0.65% percent or -193.70 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,078.34 up with +0.52% percent or +15.84 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,031.55 with a loss of -0.092% percent or -35.78 point at 12:15 PM.