The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,082.50 up with +1.02% percent or +232.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,980.50 up with +0.44% percent or +52.25 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 27,644.50 up with +1.83% percent or +496.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which rose 7.93% or 137.0 points to trade at 1864.0 at the close. Panasonic Corp (T:6752) added 6.88% or 63.1 points to end at 980.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was up 6.71% or 320.0 points to 5090.0 in late trade.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 27,347.36 up with 1.11% percent or +301.13 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,066.91 up with 0.97% percent or +29.35 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,386.40 up with +1.13% percent or +94.04 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,850.77 with a loss of –0.33% percent or –76.27 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,547.30 up with +1.65% percent or +446.54 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 27,547.30 up with +0.58% percent or +17.29 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,250.71 up with +0.21% percent or +85.68 point at 12:15 PM.