The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 20,608.00 up with +0.09% percent or +18.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 10,915.80 with a loss of -1.29% percent or -143.15 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 25,523.50  with a loss of  -0.34%percent or -86.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd.(T:5541), which rose 6.69% or 126.0 points to trade at 2010.0 at the close. Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) added 3.39% or 35.0 points to end at 1068.0 and Astellas Pharma Inc. (T:4503) was up 2.58% or 38.0 points to 1510.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,620.19  with a loss of –0.41% percent or –84.18 point. the nifty closed at 11,023.25  up with +0.68% percent or +74.95 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,634.25 with a loss of –0.35% percent or –90.48 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,403.28  up with +1.41% percent or +367.18  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,926.46  up with +0.064% percent or +1.88 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,962.88  with a loss of –0.13% percent or –10.51 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,620.19  with a loss of –0.41% percent or –84.18 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,591.89  with a loss of –0.52% percent or –132.84point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,924.11 up with +1.31% percent or +37.87 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,332.79 up with +0.71% percent or +263.86 point at 12:15 PM.