Nikkei Futures Update : 09 August 2022
The Nikkei 225 Future is trading at 27,958.0 with -0.73% percent or -205.0 point.The Nifty Future is trading at 17,557.80 up with +0.81% or +141.60 point. The Hang Seng Future is trading at 20,215.0 up with +1.29% percent or +258.0 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Last month, Japan succeeded in obtaining the green light from the U.S. State Department to purchase 150 air-to-air missiles that can be loaded on its F-35 fighters.
The principal contractor for the $293 million deal is Raytheon Technologies. The proposed sale of the AIM-120 missiles, the U.S. government said in a statement, “will improve Japan’s capability to meet current and future threats by defending the Japanese homeland and U.S. personnel stationed there.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,976.22 with a loss of -0.97% percent or -273.02 point.the nifty closed at 17,525.10 up with +0.73% percent or +127.60 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 20,228.71 with 0.91%or +182.94 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 32,832.54 up with +0.089% percent or +29.07 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,140.06 with a loss of –0.12% percent or ?5.13 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,644.46 with a loss of –0.10% percent or ?13.10 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,970.32 with a loss of –0.99% percent or ?278.92 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 20,228.71 with 0.91% ercent or +182.94 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,246.95 up with +0.31% percent or +10.01 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 58,853.07 up with +0.80% percent or +465.14 point at 12:15 PM.