Nikkei Futures Opening Update as on 23 March. 2020

The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 16,925.00 up with +0.03% percent or +5.00  point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 7,709.50  with a loss of -11.77% percent or -1,028.20 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 21,674.50 with a loss of -2.29% percent or -508.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 21.22% or 80.0 points to trade at 457.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 18.61% or 500.0 points to end at 3187.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) was up 16.09% or 150.0 points to 1082.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 16,887.78 up with +2.02% percent or +334.95 point.the  nifty closed at 7754.25 with a loss of -11.48% percent or –1003.85  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 21,705.14 with a loss of –4.82% percent or –4.82% point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 19,173.98 with a loss of –4.55% percent or –913.21 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,304.92  with a loss of –4.34% percent or ?104.47 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 6,879.52 up with +3.79% percent or +271.06 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 16,887.78 up with +2.02% percent or +334.95 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 21,752.01 with a loss of – 4.62% percent or –1,060.25  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,658.48 with a loss of –3.17% percent or –87.14 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 26,303.15 with a loss of –12.08% percent or –3,612.81 point at 12:15 PM.