The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,667.50 up with +0.36% percent or +77.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,979.50 up with +0.24% percent or +29.00 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,903.50 with a loss of -0.08% percent or -22.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 3.66% or 51.0 points to trade at 1446.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 3.44% or 178.0 points to end at 5350.0 andCyberAgent Inc (T:4751) was up 2.54% or 105.0 points to 4240.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 1.78% or 1190.0 points to trade at 65640.0 in late trade. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) declined 1.51% or 50.0 points to end at 3270.0 and Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901) shed 1.36% or 29.0 points to 2110.0.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,966.00 up with +0.93% percent or +248.57 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,995.82 up with +0.77% percent or +22.81 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,170.23 up with +0.75% percent or +61.14 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,702.45 up with +0.30% percent or +64.29 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,829.84 with a loss of -0.088%percent or -25.30 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,003.24 with a loss of -0.40% percent or -12.02 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,918.06 up with +0.20% percent or +81.89 point at 12:15 PM.