The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,818.00 with a loss of -0.05% percent or -12.00 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 12,089.50 with a loss of -0.39% percent or -46.85 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 27,288.00 with a loss of -0.33% percent or -89.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which rose 9.90% or 186.0 points to trade at 2064.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 7.13% or 337.0 points to end at 5064.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 6.41% or 22.0 points to 365.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,827.98 with a loss of –0.19% percent or –45.61  point. the  nifty closed at 12,085.40 with a loss of –0.43% percent or –52.55 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,404.27 with a loss of –0.33% percent or –89.43  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,379.77 up with +0.30% percent or +88.92  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,345.78 up with +0.33% percent or +11.09 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,572.15 up with +0.67% percent or +63.47 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,827.98 with a loss of –0.19% percent or –45.61  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,334.94 with a loss of –0.58% percent or –158.76 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,875.96 up with +0.33% percent or  +9.45 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 41,190.78 with a loss of –0.28% percent or –115.25 point at 12:15 PM.