The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 26,652.50 with a loss of -0.77% percent or -207.50 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 13,471.80  with a loss of -0.71% percent or -95.95 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 26,386.00 with a loss of -0.59% percent or -157.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Softbank Group Corp. (T: 9984 ), which rose 10.91% or 817.0 points to trade at 8306.0 at the close. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T: 5706 ) added 6.00% or 200.0 points to end at 3535.0 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T: 7004 ) was up 5.87% or 24.0 points to 433.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 26,756.24 with a loss of –percent or  -61.70 point. the  nifty closed at 13,436.10 with a loss of – percent or  ?93.00 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,382.90 with  a loss of – percent or119.94 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 30,068.81 with a loss of –percent or –105.07 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,672.82 with a loss of – percent or –29.43 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,338.95  with a loss of – percent or  -243.82 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 26,756.24 with a loss of –percent or  ?61.70 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,378.19 with a loss of –percent or -124.65 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,372.77 with + percent or +0.81 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 45,736.13  with a loss of –percent or  ?367.37 point at 12:15 PM.