The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 19,798.00 up with +0.40%percent or +78.00 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 9,319.25 up with +0.26% percent or +24.10 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 24,407.50 up with +0.57% percent or +138.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nitto Denko Co (T:6988), which rose 4.55% or 230.0 points to trade at 5290.0 at the close. Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) added 3.81% or 140.0 points to end at 3815.0 and Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) was up 3.70% or 73.0 points to 2048.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 19,771.19 with a loss of –0.061% percent or –12.03 point. the  nifty closed at 9,314.20 up  with +0.34%   percent or +31.90 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,510.12 up with +0.96% percent or +232.34  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,133.78 up with +1.51% percent or +358.51  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,878.48 up with +1.47% percent or +41.74 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,730.16 up with +1.11% percent or +95.64 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 19,771.19 with a loss of –0.061% percent or –12.03  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,533.09 up with +1.04% percent or +252.95  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,810.06 with a loss of –0.19% percent or –5.43 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 31,766.16 up with +0.073% percent or +23.08 point at 12:15 PM.