The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 20,317.50 with a loss of -0.21% percent or -42.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 12,026.80 up with +0.93% percent or +110.25 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,696.50 with a loss of -0.07% percent or -18.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which rose 3.99% or 50.5 points to trade at 1316.0 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) added 3.67% or 193.0 points to end at 5448.0 and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) was up 3.10% or 46.0 points to 1527.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253), which lost 7.26% or 85.0 points to trade at 1085.0 in late trade. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) declined 6.35% or 651.0 points to end at 9599.0 and Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) shed 5.66% or 174.0 points to 2901.0.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 24,815.04 with a loss of -1.41% percent or -354.84 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,752.06 with a loss of -1.32% percent or -36.80 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,453.15 with a loss of -1.51% percent or -114.57 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,410.88 with a loss of -0.92% percent or -190.31 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,853.49 with a loss of -0.18% percent or -47.60 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,889.21 with a loss of -0.33% percent or -9.49 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,987.70 with +0.69% percent or +273.50 point at 12:15 PM.