The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 26,543.00 up with +0.62% percent or +163.00 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 12,963.50 up with +0.81% percent or +104.35 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,769.00 up with +0.47% percent or +124.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Olympus Corp. (T: 7733 ), which rose 4.89% or 105.0 points to trade at 2253.5 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T: 4689 ) added 4.40% or 27.4 points to end at 649.5 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T: 6976 ) was up 4.15% or 185.0 points to 4645.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 26,537.31 up with+percent or  +240.45 point. the  nifty closed at 12,919.00 up with + percent or  +60.60 point.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,798.07 with + percent or +128.32 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,872.47 with a loss of –percent or  173.77 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,629.65 with a loss of – percent or  ?5.76 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,094.40 up with + percent or +57.62 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 26,537.31 up with +percent or +240.45 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,737.94 up with +percent or +68.19  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,368.33 up with + percent or +6.00 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 43,626.09 with a loss of  percent or   ?207.06 point at 12:15 PM.