The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 20,978.00 with a loss of -0.25% percent or -52.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,861.00 with a loss of -0.49% percent or -59.00 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,985.50 with a loss of -0.62% percent or -167.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 3.13% or 10.0 points to trade at 329.0 at the close. Sony Corp (T:6758) added 3.07% or 164.0 points to end at 5498.0 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) was up 2.19% or 50.0 points to 2331.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681), which lost 4.07% or 44.0 points to trade at 1038.0 in late trade. Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) declined 2.16% or 70.0 points to end at 3175.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) shed 1.88% or 280.0 points to 14630.0.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,106.77 up with +0.39% percent or +101.94 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,891.64 up with +0.41%percent or +11.80 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,837.13 up with +0.57% percent or +44.41 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,116.89 up with +0.40% percent or +84.89 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,071.89 with a loss of -0.82% percent or -224.34 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,881.97 with a loss of -0.99% percent or -28.77 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,599.66 with a loss of -0.36% percent or -141.70 point at 12:15 PM.