The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,215.00 with a loss of -0.49% percent or -115.00 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 11,514.00 up with +0.37%percent or +42.35 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 25,350.00  with a loss of -0.40% percent or -102.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The benchmark Nikkei share average .N225 ended down 0.03% to 23,290.86, after closing 1.35% firmer on Tuesday. It hit its highest level since Feb. 21 in the last session, as investors cheered signs that researchers might be closer to a treatment for the coronavirus.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,290.86 with a loss of –0.025% percent or -5.91   point. the  nifty closed at 11,499.10 up with +0.23% percent or +26.85 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,491.79 up with 0.022% percent or +5.57  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,248.44 with a loss of -0.21% percent or ?60.02 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,443.62 up with +0.36% percent or +12.34  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,466.47 up with +0.76% percent or +86.75 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,290.86 with a loss of –0.025% percent or –5.91 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,457.87 with a loss of –0.11% percent or –28.35 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,329.74 with a loss of –1.30% percent or –43.84  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,859.34 up with +0.040% percent or +15.46 point at 12:15 PM.