The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 22,718.00 with a loss of -0.05% percent or -12.00 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 9,950.30  with a loss of -1.21% percent or -121.50 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 24,194.00  with a loss of -0.20% percent or -49.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (T:9412), which rose 4.87% or 21.0 points to trade at 452.0 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) added 4.29% or 135.0 points to end at 3285.0 and NEC Corp. (T:6701) was up 3.79% or 180.0 points to 4925.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,695.74 up with +0.36%percent or +81.98   point.the  nifty closed at 9,970.35 with a loss of –0.91% percent or –91.20 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,287.50  with a loss of –0.16% percent or –38.12 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,269.89 up with +2.05% percent or +527.24 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,122.87  up with 1.36% percent or +42.05 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,682.91 up with +0.78% percent or +74.54 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,695.74  up with +0.36% percent or +81.98 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,254.59  with a loss of –0.29% percent or –71.03  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,919.25  with a loss of –0.14% percent or –4.12 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 33,758.76  with a loss of -1.03% percent or –350.78  point at 12:15 PM.