Nikkei Futures Opening Update as on 23 August 2019

The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 20,693.00  with a loss of -0.13% percent or -27.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 10,854.50 up with +1.14% percent or +122.40 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,111.00  up with +0.60% percent or +156.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 6.05% or 137.0 points to trade at 2400.0 at the close. The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 2.82% or 48.0 points to end at 1749.0 and Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) was up 2.52% or 12.0 points to 488.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,710.91 up with +0.40% percent or +82.90 point.the nifty closed at 10,846.65 up with 0.98% percent or +105.30 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,179.33  up with +0.50% percent or +130.61 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,252.24 up with +0.19% percent or +49.51  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,922.95 with a loss of –0.051% percent or –1.48 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,991.39 with a loss of –0.36% percent or –28.82 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,710.91 up with +0.40% percent or +82.90point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,188.50 up with +0.54% percent or +139.78 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,897.43 up with +0.49% percent or +13.99 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,612.10 up with +0.38% percent or +139.17  point at 12:15 PM.