The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,685.98 with a loss of –0.60% percent or –142.00  point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 12,173.50 up with +1.11% percent or +133.45  point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 142.00   up with +1.74% percent or +472.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Asian share markets followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday as China’s factories struggled to re-open after an extended break, though analysts warned investors might be underestimating how economically damaging the challenge was likely to be.

The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic in mainland China climbed past 1,000 on Tuesday, though the number of new confirmed cases fell. seemed to be hoping for the best and MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.9%, with Shanghai blue chips .CSI300 ahead by 0.8%.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,685.98 with a loss of –0.60% percent or –142.00   point. the  nifty closed at 12,145.20 up with +0.95% percent or +113.70  point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,583.88 up with +1.26% percent or +342.54  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,276.82 up with +0.60% percent or +174.31  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,352.09  with 0.73% percent or +24.38 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,628.39 up with +1.13% percent or +107.88 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,685.98  with a loss of –0.60% percent or –142.00 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,591.73 up with +1.29% percent or +350.39 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,901.67 up with +0.39% percent or +11.19 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 41,303.61 up with +0.79% percent or +323.99 point at 12:15 PM.