Nikkei Futures Opening Update as on 20 May. 2020

The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 20,578.00 up with +0.23% percent or +48.00 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 8,953.00 up with +0.78% percent or +68.90 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 24,323.00 with a loss of -0.07% percent or -17.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which rose 16.04% or 331.0 points to trade at 2395.0 at the close. Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) added 7.59% or 183.0 points to end at 2595.0 and Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) was up 6.07% or 19.0 points to 332.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,595.15 up with +0.79% percent or +161.70 point.the  nifty closed at 8,947.70 up with +0.77% percent or +68.60  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,353.03  with a loss of –0.14% percent or 35.10 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,206.86 with a loss of -1.59% percent or -390.51 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,922.94 with a loss of –1.05%percent or ?30.97 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,185.10  with a loss of -0.54% percent or -49.72 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,595.15 up with +0.79% percent or +161.70 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,366.21  with a loss of  –0.090% percent or ?21.92  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,883.74  with a loss of –0.51% percent or –14.84 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 30,483.29 up with +0.95% percent or +287.12  point at 12:15 PM.