Nikkei 225 futures rise 920 yen in overnight trading

Nikkei 225 futures rose in Osaka night trading that ended early on October 28, Japan time.

The December contract closed at 64,420 yen, up 920 yen from its previous settlement.

These futures are contracts linked to the Nikkei 225, a major Japanese stock index.

The figures describe the futures market, not the index's cash-market closing level.

Futures prices can offer a view of how traders are positioning, but they do not establish how the index will move next.

The available information does not say what drove the rise or what happened next.