The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,855.00 up with +0.21% percent or +45.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,631.00 up with +0.52% percent or +59.80 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 25,953.00 with a loss of  -0.27% percent or –69.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fanuc Corp. (T:6954), which rose 2.23% or 445.0 points to trade at 20410.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 1.86% or 27.0 points to end at 1477.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 1.69% or 80.0 points to 4820.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which lost 5.71% or 79.5 points to trade at 1314.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Corp. (T:8053) declined 4.60% or 81.5 points to end at 1692.0 and The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331) shed 4.42% or 26.0 points to 562.0.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,878.90 with a loss of –0.77% percent or –169.34 point. the nifty closed at 11,564.45  with  a loss of –0.058% percent or –6.75 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,954.81 with a loss of –0.33% percent or  –87.12 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,891.12 with a loss of  –0.30% percent or –79.59  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,977.62  with a loss of –0.24% percent or –7.25 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,030.66  with a loss of –0.58% percent or  -46.72 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,878.90 with a loss of –0.77% percent or –169.34 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,959.16 with a loss of –0.32% percent or –82.77 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,932.17 up with +0.11% percent or +3.08 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,921.87 with a loss of  –0.17% percent or –67.87  point at 12:15 PM.