take a look with adam haigh.ing to see a fair amount of catch up with japanese equities coming back from holidays? we had seen the u.s.-china trade tensions escalate, not to mention the extension of covid-19 prevention measures. adam: i think it is fair to say it is not the best environment for the equity board to be coming back to. the overarching theme in markets over the last three days has been a sense of trepidation and a sense of the escalation of the ongoing u.s.-china tensions that have ratcheted up. the equation for the japanese economy is very much continuing to be a very difficult one to assess. how does the pandemic play out in the local economy with the increase in restrictions going a step further? in appetite for taking risk japan is traditionally a high -- when people want to take a risk in asia, they do look to japan. people will be looking at the outset to sell off some positions. we are not expecting a big selloff when the tokyo market gets going. it is looking like it will be a bit of negativi

for more on oil, we are joined by bloomberg's market editor, adam haigh. ing oil pairing a second weekly gain as we see the saudi price hike. what are the expectations of what we will see in the market dynamic from your? -- here? adam: so much rests on the demand side of the equation. as you heard at the end of that clip, it is incredibly uncertain how that plays out. given the changing dynamics on the supply side, the demand side of the equation for energy markets is very uncertain, so the survey session was quite volatile and we did not finish off too low pricewise. we are up about 20% on the wti contract this week, and it continues to be the push and pull between those increases in prices coming from, you know, the saudi side and the curbing of production against the uncharted territory for how the global economy comes out of the pandemic and how demand gets restored across some of the largest economies. of course, there's lots of data now coming out of china which suggests that a lot of production is ramping up again, and in many respects, the economy i

several days of holidays, let's take a look at what to expect with bloomberg's global markets editor, adam haighpanese equities looking? they have a lot of catching up to do. adam: they do have a lot of catching up to do and it is really the overarching sense. the global markets have really come off in the last few days. that risk sentiment that has been gathering and building at the rally came up from those march lows and it has somewhat dulled in recent days while the japanese equity market has been closed. they will have to catch up with some of that sentiment but we are not expecting a wholesale move in japanese equities but you will see a meaningful move. really, a lot of that has to do with the uncertainty around the domestic front. of course, the measures that the authorities are taking within japan have ratcheted up somewhat over the last week or so, and indeed, the outlook on the relationship between the u.s. and china and some of the rhetoric that we have been hearing coming from the trump administration around the blame game on where this pandemic aarted, that has been material shift