The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,638.00  with a loss of -0.15% percent or -32.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,322.20 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -15.30 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,565.00  up with +0.32% percent or +90.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which rose 5.56% or 104.0 points to trade at 1973.0 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) added 5.52% or 123.0 points to end at 2352.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was up 4.53% or 64.0 points to 1478.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,709.57  up with +0.41% percent or +88.69 point. the nifty closed at 11,287.25  with a loss of -0.39% percent or -43.80 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,540.80  up with +0.26% percent or +74.32 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,349.19   up with +0.65% percent or +177.29 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,005.47 up with +0.68% percent or +20.44  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,251.40 up  with +0.58% percent or +47.27 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,709.57   up with +0.41% percent or +88.69 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,533.11  up with +0.23% percent or +66.63 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,923.28 up with +0.80% percent or +23.33 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,802.23   with a loss of -0.48% percent or -180.51 point at 12:15 PM.