The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 28,498.00 with a loss of -1.08% percent or -312.00 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 14,536.80 with a loss of -0.62% percent or -91.35 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,533.00 up with+0.20% percent or +57.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average snapped a five-session rally on Friday, slipping from a more than 30-year high hit in the previous session, while losses were capped by tech shares after Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC posted its best-ever quarterly profit.

The Nikkei .N225 closed down 0.62% to 28,519.18, after hitting a fresh high since August 1990 on Thursday. But it was set for its third straight weekly gains, up 1.35% for the week.

The broader Topix .TOPX fell 0.89% to 1,856.61.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,519.18 with a loss of –percent or ?179.08 point.the  nifty closed at 14,521.60 with a loss of – percent or  ?74.00 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,554.51 up with + percent or +57.65 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 30,991.52 with a loss of –percent or  -68.95 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,795.54  with a loss of – percent or -cv 14.30 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,112.64  with a loss of – percent or -16.31 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,562.13 with a loss of percent or –136.13 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,381.66 with a loss of –percent or115.20 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 28,379.48 with a loss of – percent or –99.54 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,101.39 with a loss of –percent or  –482.77 point at 12:15 PM.