The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 22,852.50 up with +0.05% percent or +12.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,898.50 up with +0.87% percent or +103.05 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,632.50 with a loss of -0.35% percent or -93.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002), which rose 8.96% or 184.0 points to trade at 2238.0 at the close. Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) added 7.83% or 705.0 points to end at 9705.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) was up 3.98% or 342.0 points to 8943.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NEC Corp. (T:6701), which lost 5.72% or 265.0 points to trade at 4365.0 in late trade. Omron Cor (T:6645) declined 5.17% or 350.0 points to end at 6420.0 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) shed 4.77% or 29.0 points to 579.0.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 27,071.42 with a loss of –0.071% percent or –19.30 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,036.89 with a loss of –0.083% percent or –2.53 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,276.85 with a loss of –0.59% percent or –49.13 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,843.12 with a loss of –0.57% percent or –131.01 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,623.27 with a loss of –0.61% percent or –163.49 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,939.32 with a loss of –0.50% percent or –14.86 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,093.46 up with +0.66% percent or +261.62 point at 12:15 PM.