The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,785.00  with a loss of -0.07% percent or -15.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,014.50 with a loss of  -0.82% percent or -91.05 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 27,052.00  with a loss of -0.94% percent or -257.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Nikkei futures NKc1 pointed to an opening fall of more than 3%, while E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 ESc1 were trading down 1.2%.

Wall Street nose-dived on Friday when President Donald Trump announced a 5% additional duty on $550 billion in targeted Chinese goods, hours after China unveiled retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. products. the G7 meeting in France over the weekend, Trump caused some confusion by indicating he may have had second thoughts on the tariffs.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,219.52  up with +0.14% percent or +37.07   point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,007.39  with a loss of –0.072% percent or –2.18 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,176.71  with a loss of –0.22% percent or –17.75  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,988.29 up  with +1.05% percent or +228.68 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,075.01   with a loss of –1.02% percent or –277.68 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,030.75   with a loss of –0.016% percent or –0.48 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,078.66 with a loss of –0.82% percent or –306.33 point at 12:15 PM.