The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 20,298.00 up with +0.04% percent or +8.00 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 9,412.00 up with +2.17% percent or +199.65 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 24,083.00 with a loss of –0.29% percent or -70.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 12.76% or 79.0 points to trade at 540.0 in late trade. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) declined 6.52% or 105.0 points to end at 1506.0 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) shed 5.93% or 24.0 points to 381.0.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,267.05 with a loss of –0.49%  percent or –99.43 point. the  nifty closed at 9,410.85 up with 2.33% percent or +214.30  point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,180.30 with a loss of –0.27% percent or –65.38  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 23,764.78  with a loss of -1.89% percent or -457.21  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,870.12  with a loss of –2.05% percent or -60.20 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,002.55 with a loss of -2.06% percent or -189.79  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,267.05 with a loss of –0.49% percent or –99.43 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,256.26 up with +0.044%percent or +10.58  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,898.05 up with +0.22% percent or +6.49 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 32,017.04 up with +2.06% percent or +645.92  point at 12:15 PM.