Nikkei Futures Opening Update as on 17 August. 2020

The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,097.50 with a loss of -0.18% percent or -40.50 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 11,226.50 up with +0.36% percent or +40.35 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 25,341.00 up with +0.72% percent or +182.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Biggest losers included Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which lost 4.39% or 126.0 points to trade at 2745.0 in late trade. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) declined 4.20% or 14.0 points to end at 319.0 and Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) shed 3.63% or 7.0 points to 186.0.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,096.75  with a loss of –0.83% percent or -192.61  point.the  nifty closed at 11,215.60 up with +0.33% percent or +37.20 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,389.83 up with +0.82% percent or +206.82  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,931.02 up with +0.12% percent or +34.30 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,372.85 with a loss of –0.017% percent or -0.58 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,019.30 with a loss of -0.21% percent or -23.20 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,096.75 with a loss of –0.83% percent or –192.61 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,432.53 up with +0.99% percent or +249.52 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,435.07 up with +2.23% percent or +74.97 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,948.08 up with +0.19% percent or +70.74  point at 12:15 PM.