The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,458.00 up with +0.25% percent or +58.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 11,909.50 with a loss of -0.28% percent or -33.10 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,649.00  up with +1.45% percent or +380.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which rose 4.42% or 315.0 points to trade at 7440.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 3.67% or 200.0 points to end at 5650.0 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) was up 2.27% or 86.0 points to 3873.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,416.76 up with +0.49% percent or +113.44 point. the nifty closed at 11,883.45  with a loss of –0.10% percent or –12.05 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,663.00 up with +1.46%  percent or +383.00 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,004.89  up with +0.80% percent or +222.93 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,120.46 up with +0.77% percent or +23.83 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,540.83 up with +0.73% percent or +61.81 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,416.76 up with +0.49% percent or +113.44 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,694.17 up with +1.40% percent or +367.51 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,909.20 up with +0.62% percent or +17.86   point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,331.58  with a loss of –0.062% percent or –25.11 point at 12:15 PM.