The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at  22,697.50 up with +0.56% percent or +127.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,689.00 up with +0.15% percent or +17.00 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at26,819.00 up with +0.47% percent or +126.00 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 11,667.90 up with +0.052% percent or +6.05  point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,802.17 up with +0.29% percent or +76.49 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,827.64 up with +0.21% percent or +57.44  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,006.72 up with +0.69% percent or +20.52 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,162.99 up with +0.91% percent or +73.44 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 26,799.53 up with +0.28% percent or +73.85 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,953.82 up with +0.48% percent or +14.20  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,299.48 up with +0.0028% percent or +1.10 point at 12:15 PM.