The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,140.00  with a loss of -0.98% percent or –210.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 10,985.00 with a loss of -0.37% percent or -40.25 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,640.50   with a loss of  -0.04% percent or -9.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NSK Ltd. (T:6471), which rose 7.21% or 65.0 points to trade at 966.0 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) added 5.94% or 50.0 points to end at 892.0 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) was up 5.82% or 108.0 points to 1964.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,392.10  up with +0.35% percent or +73.68 point. the nifty closed at 11,003.05  up  with +0.52% percent or +56.85 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,657.04  up with +0.091% percent or +24.36 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,797.46 up with +0.26% percent or +69.31  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,978.71 up with +0.091% percent or +2.71 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,103.07 with a loss of –0.17% percent or –13.75  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,318.42 up  with +0.56% percent or +118.85 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,692.69 up with +0.0072% percent or +1.93 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,024.74 up with +0.84% percent or +25.14 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,210.27 up with +0.62% percent or +228.50 point at 12:15 PM.