The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 29,382.50 up with +0.52% percent or +152.50 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 15,039.00 with a loss of -1.08% percent or -164.00 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 28,690.50 with a loss of -2.00% percent or -585.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T: 4755 ), which rose 8.64% or 99.0 points to trade at 1245.0 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (T: 4751 ) added 8.19% or 510.0 points to end at 6740.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T: 3436 ) was up 7.69% or 178.0 points to 2492.0 in late trade.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 29,717.83 up with 1.73% percent or +506.19 point.the  nifty closed at 15,005.55 with a loss of –1.10% percent or  ?166.75 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,739.72 with a loss of -2.20% percent or ?645.89 point.
WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 32,485.59 up with +0.58% percent or +188.57 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,939.34 up with +1.04% percent or +40.53 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,398.67 up with +2.52% percent or  +329.84 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,717.83 up with +1.73% percent or +506.19 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,000.82  with a loss of –1.31% percent or –384.79 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,453.08 up with +0.47% percent or +16.25 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,425.14 up with +0.28% percent or +145.63 point at 12:15 PM.