The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,192.50 with a loss of -0.08% percent or -17.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 12,002.00 up with +0.57% percent or +68.20 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 27,685.00 up with +0.79% percent or +216.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 4.32% or 14.0 points to trade at 338.0 at the close. Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) added 3.74% or 13.2 points to end at 365.8 and Yaskawa Electric Corp.(T:6506) was up 3.42% or 115.0 points to 3480.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which lost 2.93% or 38.0 points to trade at 1261.0 in late trade. Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) declined 1.93% or 21.0 points to end at 1067.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) shed 1.75% or 90.0 points to 5050.0.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,720.66 up with +0.71% percent or +181.09 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,843.49 up with +0.61% percent or +17.34 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,615.55 up with +0.53% percent or +40.08 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,884.71 up with +0.53% percent or +110.67 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,965.28 up with +0.26% percent or +69.84 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 39,504.25 with a loss of -0.064% percent or -25.47 point at 12:15 PM.