The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,542.50  with a loss of -0.36% percent or -77.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,131.20 with a loss of  -0.28% percent or -30.75 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 25,873.50  up with +0.34% percent or +86.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (T:7013), which rose 5.29% or 121.0 points to trade at 2407.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 4.44% or 215.0 points to end at 5060.0 and Marubeni Corp. (T:8002) was up 4.05% or 28.1 points to 722.7 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,587.78 up with +0.99% percent or +212.53  point. the nifty closed at 11,126.40   with a loss of  –0.43% percent or -48.35 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,893.40 up with  +0.28% percent or +72.37 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,478.02 with a loss of –0.36% percent or  –95.70  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,938.79  with a loss of –0.45% percent or –13.22 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,956.29  with a loss of –0.33% percent or -26.18 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,587.78 up with +0.99% percent or  +212.53 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,894.49 up with +0.28% percent or +73.46 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,913.57 up with +0.29% percent or +8.38 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,531.98 with a loss of –0.38% percent or  –141.33  point at 12:15 PM.