The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,203.00 with a loss of -0.50% percent or -107.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,786.50 with a loss of -0.72% percent or -84.95 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 27,466.50 with a loss of -0.37% percent or -102.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp.(T:7269), which rose 4.33% or 225.0 points to trade at 5416.0 at the close. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) added 4.26% or 52.5 points to end at 1283.5 and Nikon Corp.(T:7731) was up 3.64% or 54.0 points to 1537.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sony Corp (T:6758), which lost 4.43% or 260.0 points to trade at 5610.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 4.11% or 58.0 points to end at 1353.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 4.01% or 180.0 points to 4310.0.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,679.90 with a loss of -0.33% percent or -84.10 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,840.23 with a loss of -0.67% percent or -19.30 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,702.38 with a loss of -1.46% percent or -113.91 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,272.45 with a loss of -0.14% percent or -29.28 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,753.00 with a loss of -0.12% percent or -34.61 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,907.55 up with +1.29% percent or +36.94 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,407.05 up with +0.14% percent or +54.38 point at 12:15 PM.