The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 21,462.50 up with +0.10% percent or +22.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,266.20 up with +0.93% percent or +104.25 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 25,658.00  with a loss of -0.81% percent or -209.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which rose 2.47% or 30.0 points to trade at 1243.5 at the close. Sekisui House, Ltd. (T:1928) added 1.77% or 38.5 points to end at 2209.0 and Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) was up 1.65% or 50.0 points to 3075.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,456.38 with a loss of –0.61% percent or –131.40  point. the nifty closed at 11,236.35 up with +0.99% percent or +109.95 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,707.44 with a loss of –0.72% percent or –185.96 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,164.04 with a loss of –1.19% percent or  –313.98  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,893.06  with a loss of –1.56% percent or –45.73 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,823.78  with a loss of –1.67% percent or -132.52 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,456.38 with a loss of –0.61% percent or –131.40 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,713.84 with a loss of –0.69% percent or  –179.56 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,924.86 up with +0.39% percent or +11.29 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,855.07 up with +0.86% percent or  +323.09  point at 12:15 PM.