Nikkei Futures Update : 20 Jan 2022

The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 27,798.00 with +1.01% percent or +278.00 point.The  Nifty Future is trading at 17,817.20 with a loss of -0.87% or -156.85 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 24,821.00 up with +3.10% percent or +746.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Asia Pacific stocks were mostly up on Thursday morning after China’s central bank cut its benchmark lending rate.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.57% by 10:06 PM ET (3:06 AM GMT). Trade data released earlier in the day showed that the trade balance was –JPY582.4 billion ($5.09 billion) and the adjusted trade balance was –JPY0.44 trillion in December. Exports grew 17.5% and imports grew 41.1%.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,772.93 up with +1.11% percent or +305.70 point.the  nifty closed at 17,786.35 with  a loss of -0.85% percent or -152.05  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,822.81 with 2.88% or +694.96 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 35,028.65  with a loss of –0.96% percent or –339.82  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,532.76 with a loss of –0.97% percent or –44.35  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,340.26 with a loss of 1.15% percent or –166.64   point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,780.08 up with +1.14% percent or +312.85   point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,689.32 with 2.33% percent or +561.47 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,568.36 up with +0.29% percent or +10.18 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 59,695.23 with a loss of –0.67% percent or ?403.59  point at 12:15 PM.