by .25% after yesterday after germany had a badly received bond sale. that in turn pushed the euro to a six-week low. the currency is rebounding. we've got a key measure of german business confidence set to come out. keep an eye on that market later today. for the rest of the eurozone it's not looking bad either. cac 40 up in excess of 1%. >>> bit more of a mixed picture on this side of the world today. there was the continuing concerns about the european debt crisis. take a look at japan down by nearly 2%. but that was catch up. it closed yesterday, wednesday, for the public holiday. big falls across asia yesterday. the nikkei getting back into lime at the rest of the region. the nikkei is still deepening the 2.5 year low. in hong kong the market finishing .4% in the black.