The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,308.00  with a loss of -1.26% percent or -272.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,319.00 with a loss of -0.88% percent or -100.90 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,091.50   with a loss of -2.44% percent or -701.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp.(T:4689), which rose 9.22% or 28.5 points to trade at 337.5 at the close. Sumitomo Corp. (T:8053) added 3.40% or 51.5 points to end at 1568.0 and Furukawa Co., Ltd.(T:5715) was up 3.21% or 42.0 points to 1349.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 7.69% or 23.0 points to trade at 276.0 in late trade. IHI Corp. (T:7013) declined 6.82% or 173.0 points to end at 2364.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) shed 6.66% or 80.0 points to 1121.0.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,402.13  with a loss of -0.93% percent or -200.46 point.the nifty closed at 11,280.10   with a loss of -0.70% percent or -79.35 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,317.26  with a loss of -2.37% percent or -685.94 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,967.33 up with +0.0086% percent or +2.24   point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,879.42 with a loss of -0.16% percent or -4.63 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,943.32  wilth  a loss of -0.26% percent or -20.44 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,402.13 with a loss of -0.93% percent or -200.46 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,348.48 a loss of -2.26% percent or -654.72   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,850.95 with a loss of -1.48% percent or -42.80 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,605.60 a loss of -0.49% percent or -330.10 point at 12:15 PM.