The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 20,833.00  up with +0.45% percent or +93.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,913.00 with a loss of -1.19% percent or -143.15 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,849.50 up  with +0.14% percent or +38.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 4.66% or 52.0 points to trade at 1168.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 3.16% or 303.0 points to end at 9882.0 and Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.(T:9983) was up 2.84% or 1770.0 points to 64080.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included JGC Corp. (T:1963), which lost 7.30% or 110.0 points to trade at 1396.0 in late trade. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) declined 5.67% or 30.0 points to end at 499.0 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) shed 4.82% or 43.0 points to 850.0.

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,774.04  with a loss of -0.0099%  percent or –2.06 point.the nifty closed at 11,873.95 with a loss of -1.23% percent or -147.70 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,965.28 up with +0.26% percent or +69.84 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,539.57 up  with +0.82% percent or +207.39 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,826.15 up with +0.82% percent or ++22.88  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,575.48  up with +0.64% percent or +48.36 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,774.04  with a loss of -0.0099% percent or -2.06 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,948.79 up with +0.20% percent or ++54.49   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,827.80 with a loss of -1.17% percent or -33.62 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,730.39  with a loss of -0.88% percent or -353.15  point at 12:15 PM.