The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,240.00 up with +0.56% percent or +117.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 12,003.20 up with +1.16% percent or +138.00 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 27,154.50 with a loss of -0.06% percent or -17.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 5.58% or 15.0 points to trade at 284.0 at the close. NEC Corp. (T:6701) added 3.01% or 120.0 points to end at 4110.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was up 2.78% or 38.0 points to 1405.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 3.10% or 125.0 points to trade at 3905.0 in late trade. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) declined 2.63% or 18.0 points to end at 667.0 and Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) shed 2.49% or 130.0 points to 5100.0.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,585.69 with a loss of -0.74% percent or -190.92 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,826.06 up with +0.14% percent or +3.82 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,637.01 up with +0.11% percent or +8.73 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,182.58 up with +0.31% percent or +65.36 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,305.28 with a loss of -0.18% percent or -48.65 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,887.71 up with +1.22% percent or +34.71 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,710.44 up with +0.70% percent or +275.72 point at 12:15 PM.