The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,062.50 with a loss of -0.51% percent or -107.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,163.80 with a loss of -0.19% percent or-21.30 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 27,830.50 with a loss of -1.75% percent or -496.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JGC Corp. (T:1963), which rose 5.40% or 71.0 points to trade at 1385.0 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.(T:6976) added 5.24% or 113.0 points to end at 2268.0 and Tokyu Corp. (T:9005) was up 5.13% or 92.0 points to 1886.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202), which lost 15.99% or 230.0 points to trade at 1208.5 in late trade. Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) declined 14.26% or 348.0 points to end at 2092.0 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) shed 10.96% or 63.0 points to 512.0.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,324.99 with a loss of -2.38% percent or -617.38 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,811.87 with a loss of -2.41% percent or -69.53 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,647.02 with a loss of -3.41% percent or -269.92 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,067.23 with a loss of -0.59% percent or -124.05 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,056.79 with a loss of -1.73% percent or -493.45 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,884.19 with a loss of -0.67% percent or -19.52 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,027.19 with a loss of -0.17% percent or -63.63 point at 12:15 PM.