The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,317.50  with  a loss of -0.01% percent or -2.50 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,935.50 with a loss of -0.37% percent or -44.20 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 27,679.00  up with +0.26% percent or +72.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 16.21% or 53.5 points to trade at 383.5 at the close. Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) added 11.95% or 600.0 points to end at 5620.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) was up 8.65% or 83.0 points to 1042.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,251.99 up with +1.76%percent or +401.22 point. the nifty closed at 11,890.95  with a loss of –0.42% percent or –50.35 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,683.40 up with +0.49%  percent or +136.10 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,462.11 up with +0.42% percent or +114.75 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,078.27 up with 0.37% percent or +11.36 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,433.20 up with +0.56% percent or +46.80 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,251.99 with +1.76% percent or +401.22 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,621.28 up with +0.27% percent or ++73.98 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,991.56 up with +0.54% percent or +16.07  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,140.08 with a loss of –0.39% percent or –156.29 point at 12:15 PM.