The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 19,560.00 up with +3.38% percent or +640.00 point.The Nifty Future is trading at 9,049.25 up with +3.41% percent or +298.70 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 24,314.00 up with +2.31% percent or +550.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Tokyo shares ended lower on Thursday, even as Wall Street peers rallied, as investors remained cautious and worried about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on corporate Japan’s earnings.
The benchmark Nikkei average .N225 eased 0.04% to 19,345.77, despite Wednesday’s big rally on Wall Street.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI and the S&P 500 .SPX advanced 3.4% each, while the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 2.6% on hopes that the pandemic may be peaking and Bernie Sanders’ decision to suspend his presidential campaign.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 23,433.57 up with +3.44% percent or +779.71 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,749.98 up with +3.41% percent or +90.57 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,090.90 up with +2.58% percent or +203.64 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 19,345.77 with a loss of –0.039% percent or –7.47 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,147.99 up with +0.74% percent or +177.62 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,830.25 up with +0.53% percent or +14.88 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 30,866.28 up with +3.25% percent or +972.32 point at 12:15 PM.