The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at  22,507.50 up with +0.21% percent or +47.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,540.50 up with +0.57% percent or +64.95 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,885.50 up with +0.91% percent or +243.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (T:7013), which rose 2.86% or 71.0 points to trade at 2556.0 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) added 2.66% or 46.0 points to end at 1774.5 and Sony Corp (T:6758) was up 2.10% or 134.0 points to 6510.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,451.86  with a loss of –0.094% percent or –21.06 point. the nifty closed at 11,533.80 up with +0.61% percent or +69.80  point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,834.85 up with  +0.64% percent or +170.57 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,001.98 with a loss of –0.084% percent or  –22.82  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,989.69  with a loss  –0.20% percent or –5.99 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,124.18  with a loss of –0.30% percent or –24.52 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,451.86 with a loss of –0.094% percent or –21.06 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,789.32 up with +0.47% percent or +125.04 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,975.18 with a loss of –0.12% percent or –3.54  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,662.21 up with +0.16% percent or +63.22 point at 12:15 PM.