The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at  22,237.50 up with +0.17% percent or +37.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,412.50 up with +0.67% percent or +76.20 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,515.97 up with +0.79% percent or +207.53 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 6.46% or 421.0 points to trade at 6939.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 5.88% or 84.5 points to end at 1522.5 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was up 5.27% or 85.0 points to 1697.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,207.21 up with +1.87% percent or +408.34 point.the nifty closed at 11,408.65 up with +0.60% percent or +67.50 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,506.24 with a loss of –0.059% percent or –15.61 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,816.59 up with +1.21% percent or +319.92  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,970.27 up with +1.09% percent or +32.14 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,057.04  up with +1.34% percent or +106.26 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,798.87 up with +1.15% percent or +246.89 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,525.13 up with +0.82% percent or +216.69 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,001.75 up with +0.94% percent or +28.09 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,302.96 up with 0.46% percent or +175.88 point at 12:15 PM.