The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 22,612.50 up with +0.19% percent or +42.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,698.80 up with +0.25% percent or +28.75 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,708.00 up with +0.12% percent or +33.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925), which rose 2.48% or 89.0 points to trade at 3676.0 at the close. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (T:8601) added 2.46% or 11.9 points to end at 495.3 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) was up 2.32% or 13.0 points to 574.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,548.90  up with +0.25% percent or +56.22 point.the nifty closed at 11,661.85 up with +0.65% percent or +75.50  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,725.68 up with +0.023% percent or +6.10 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,770.20 with a loss of –0.95% percent or  –255.68  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,986.20  with a loss of –0.39% percent or –11.75 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,089.54  with a loss of –0.83% percent or –67.31 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,548.90 up with +0.25% percent or +56.22 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,738.35 up with +0.070% percent or +18.77 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,939.62 up with +0.050% percent or +1.48  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,298.38 up with +0.53% percent or +246.32 point at 12:15 PM.