The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 20,753.00 up with +0.30% percent or +63.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 10,931.50 with a loss of -0.15% percent or -16.80 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 25,565.00  up with +0.10% percent or +26.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DIC Corp (T:4631), which rose 7.59% or 198.0 points to trade at 2808.0 at the close. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) added 6.78% or 79.0 points to end at 1244.0 and The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.(T:5631) was up 5.99% or 107.0 points to 1893.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,704.37  up with +1.19% percent or +243.44 point.the nifty closed at 10,916.55  with a loss of –0.29% percent or –31.75 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,679.31  with a loss of –0.094% percent or –24.19 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,362.25  up with +1.25% percent or +326.15  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,924.58 up with +1.27% percent or +36.64 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,973.39  up with +1.48% percent or +116.51 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,704.37  up with +1.19% percent or +243.44point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,663.98 with a loss of –0.15% percent or –39.52 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,886.24 with a loss of –0.16% percent or –4.68 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,968.33 with a loss of –0.27% percent or –101.16 point at 12:15 PM.