Nikkei Futures Opening Update as on 26 August 2019

The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 20,485.00  up with +0.91% percent or +185.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,071.00 up with +2.11% percent or +228.30 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 25,570.00   with a loss of -2.08% percent or –543.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Comsys Holdings Corp.(T:1721), which rose 1.19% or 35.0 points to trade at 2971.0 at the close. Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) added 0.96% or 26.0 points to end at 2732.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 0.65% or 9.0 points to 1388.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,261.04 with a loss of –2.17% percent or –449.87 point. the nifty closed at 11,038.30 up with +1.93% percent or +208.95 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,680.33  with a loss of –1.91% percent or –499.00 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,628.90  with a loss of –2.37% percent or –623.34  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,847.11  with a loss of –2.59% percent or –75.84 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,751.77 with a loss of –3.00% percent or –239.62 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,261.04   with a loss of –2.17% percent or –449.87 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,651.05 with a loss of –2.02% percent or –528.28 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,863.57  with a loss of –1.17% percent or –33.86 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,297.12 up with +1.63% percent or +600.00 point at 12:15 PM.