Nikkei Futures Opening Update as on 21 Feb. 2020

The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,193.00 with a loss of -0.42% percent or -97.00  point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 12,004.50 with a loss of -0.62% percent or -74.50 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 27,202.50 with a loss of -0.79% percent or -217.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 5.24% or 98.0 points to trade at 1967.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) added 4.49% or 19.0 points to end at 442.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was up 4.11% or 39.0 points to 987.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,386.74 with a loss of –0.39% percent or –92.41   point.the  nifty closed at 12,080.85 with a loss of –0.37% percent or –45.05  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,308.81 with a loss of –1.09% percent or –300.35 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,348.03 up with +0.40% percent or +115.84   point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,386.15 up with +0.47% percent or +15.86 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,817.18 up with +0.87% percent or +84.44 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,479.15 up with +0.34% percent or +78.45 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,587.97 with a loss of  –0.25% percent or –67.84 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,030.15 up with  +1.84% percent or  +54.75 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 41,393.37 up with +0.17% percent or +70.37 point at 12:15 PM.