The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,932.50 with a loss of -0.03% percent or -7.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,645.00 up  with +0.32% percent or +37.70 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,277.00 up with +0.55% percent or +144.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which rose 4.19% or 187.0 points to trade at 4652.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 3.81% or 55.0 points to end at 1497.0 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267) was up 3.34% or 66.5 points to 2059.5 in late trade.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,949.99 up with +0.055% percent or +14.92  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,991.78  with a loss of –0.0097% percent or –0.29 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,112.46  with a loss of –0.064% percent or  –5.21 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,098.84 up with +0.089% percent or +19.75 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,284.10 up with +0.24% percent or +61.70 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,985.34 up with +0.28% percent or +8.26 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at39,008.18 with a loss of  –0.21% percent or –81.85 point at 12:15 PM.