Nikkei Futures Opening Update as on 31 August. 2020

The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 23,198.00 up with +1.16% percent or +265.00 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 11,369.00 up with -2.68% percent or -313.10 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 25,090.00 with a loss of -1.27% percent or -322.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Marubeni Corp. which rose 9.48% or 55.4 points to trade at 639.6 at the close. Sumitomo Corp.  added 9.09% or 114.5 points to end at 1374.5 and Mitsubishi Corp.  was up 7.72% or 180.0 points to 2512.5 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,139.76 with +1.12% percent or +257.11 point. the  nifty closed at 11,337.05 with a loss of –2.67%percent or -310.55 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,177.05 with a loss of –0.96% percent or -245.01 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,653.87 up with 0.57% percent or +161.60  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,508.01 up with +0.67% percent or +23.46 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,695.63 up with +0.60% percent or  +70.30 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,139.76 up with +1.12% percent or +257.11 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,412.69 with a loss of –0.037% percent or –9.37 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,395.68 with a loss of –0.24%% percent or –8.13  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,261.65 with a loss of –0.52% percent or 205.78 point at 12:15 PM.