The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 16,797.50 up with +0.76% percent or +127.50  point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 9,161.50 up with +0.47% percent or +43.05 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 23,019.50 up with +1.30% percent or +295.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861), which rose 13.65% or 58.0 points to trade at 483.0 at the close. Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9001) added 11.57% or 337.0 points to end at 3250.0 and Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9007) was up 10.56% or 197.0 points to 2063.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 17,011.53 up with  +0.056% percent or +9.49 point.the  nifty closed at 9209.45 up with +0.13% percent or +12.05  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,263.73 up with +0.87% percent or +200.16 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 20,188.52  with a loss of –12.93% percent or –2,997.10  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,386.13 with a loss of –11.98% percent or –324.89 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 6,904.59 with a loss of –12.32% percent or 970.28  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 17,011.53 up with +0.056% percent or +9.49 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,204.68 up with +0.61% percent or +141.11  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,779.64 with a loss of –0.34% percent or ?9.61  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 31,757.08 up with +1.17% percent or +367.01 point at 12:15 PM.