The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at  23,417.50 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -52.50 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 12,010.50 up with +0.61% percent or +72.35 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 27,033.50 up with +1.43% percent or +380.50  point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035), which rose 4.86% or 1090.0 points to trade at 23515.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 3.32% or 59.0 points to end at 1835.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 2.79% or 150.0 points to 5530.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,424.81 up with +0.14% percent or +32.95 point.the  nifty closed at 11,957.60 up with +0.40% percent or +47.65 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,027.00 up with +1.40%  percent or +374.00  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,911.30 up with +0.11% percent or +29.58  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,141.63 up with +0.29% percent or +9.11 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,654.05 up with +0.44% percent or +37.87 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,424.81 up with +0.14% percent or +32.95 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,991.23 up with +1.30% percent or +345.80 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,915.70 with a loss of –0.30% percent or –8.72 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,505.33 up with +0.23% percent or +92.76 point at 12:15 PM.