The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,313.00 with a loss of -0.07% percent or -17.00 point.The NSE Nifty Future is trading at 12,084.20 up with +1.42% percent or +169.75 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 27,043.50 up with +1.58% percent or +420.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Biggest losers included Panasonic Corp (T:6752), which lost 2.29% or 22.7 points to trade at 967.7 in late trade. Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) declined 2.14% or 70.0 points to end at 3205.0 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) shed 1.94% or 21.0 points to 1063.0.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.36% or 0.21 to $57.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.37% or 0.23 to hit $62.60 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.90 to trade at $1465.60 a troy ounce
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 27,875.62 up with +0.39% percent or +109.33 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,110.29 up with +0.22% percent or +6.75 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,519.88 up with +0.16% percent or +13.67 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 8,519.88 up with +0.78% percent or +179.93 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,025.40 up with +1.62% percent or +431.28 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,905.78 up with +0.71% percent or +20.50 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,737.34 up with +0.94% percent or +378.09 point at 12:15 PM.