The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 29,490.00 with a loss of -0.30% percent or -90.00 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 14,846.50 up with +0.33% percent or +48.75 point.The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,968.00  with a loss of -0.98% percent or -286.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Japanese stocks reversed course to close lower on Tuesday, as some investors cashed in on the indexes’ sharp rally in the run-up to the fiscal year-end this month.

Investors will close their books as the fiscal year ends on the last day of March and many market participants are looking to book profits from the Nikkei’s 87% rally in the past year that propelled it to a more than three-decade high.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 29,408.17  with a loss of –0.86% percent or – 255.33 point.the  nifty closed at 14,793.30 up with +0.22% percent or +31.75 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,055.46 with a loss of –1.35% percent or –397.11 point.
WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,535.51 up with +1.95% percent or  +603.14 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,901.82 up with +2.38% percent or +90.67 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,588.83 up with +3.01% percent or  +396.48 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,420.63  with a loss of -0.82% percent or –242.87point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,119.40 with a loss of -1.13%percent or ?333.17 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,496.11  with a loss of -1.56% percent or -55.29 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 50,089.05 up with  +0.47% percent or +233.66 point at 12:15 PM.