comes down to how voters see it and we don't know the answer to that yet boom bust co-host ben swan and christie hi thank you both for your time. and the final 2 days of the week have been tough on wall street which generally has an impact across the globe so let's see where things ended up where to start in russia where the mo x. is down for the week after some volatile days now this week the ruble plunged to its lowest level since the height of the pandemic oil and gas also contributed to those losses as the country's economy relies heavily on the energy sector let's move to asian markets in china the shanghai composite it's down for the week despite an increase in the country's services sector activity in august now the index dropped nearly one percent on friday alone following wall street sharp declines in hong kong the hang seng well that is also in the red for the week the index fell on the news that the tick tock sale could be in jeopardy even as china and see it launched a new tech e.t.f. listed on the exchange now the index still fell 1.25 percent by the end of trading the nikkei in japan