The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 18,430.00 up with +8.73% percent or +1,480.00  point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 7,855.75 up with +3.62% percent or +274.20 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 22,647.00 up with +5.35% percent or +1,151.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which rose 18.95% or 604.0 points to trade at 3791.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 18.29% or 610.0 points to end at 3945.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) was up 18.03% or 3085.0 points to 20195.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 18,092.35 up with +7.13% percent or +1,204.57 point. the  nifty closed at 7884.50  up with +3.29% percent or +254.60  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 22,620.47 up with +4.26% percent or +924.34 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 18,591.93 with a loss of –3.04% percent or –582.05 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,237.40  with a loss of –2.93% percent or –67.52 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 6,860.67 with a loss of –0.27% percent or –18.84 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 18,092.35 up with +7.13% percent or +1,204.57 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 22,639.55 up with +4.35% percent or +943.42  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,722.44 up with +2.34% percent or +62.27 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 26,746.26 up with +2.94% percent or +765.02 point at 12:15 PM.